The majority of organisations are still a long way away from realising even the "current" best-practice BI solutions, let alone the newer ideas being discussed.
The Excel "spreadmart" still proliferates, too many BI data sources and reporting solutions are still parked in the "too difficult" folder, too much energy is still wasted in determining the relative priorities of IT initiatives v Business value-adds. True Business Intelligence has always been a hybrid challenge mid-way between business ambition and IT capability.
This presentation which was delivered at the IDC BI Conference 2007 on the 14th June in London, outlines a relatively new approach to BI that works right down that crucial hybrid line, placing the key emphasis on middleware rather than on business reporting or IT data integration issues, to gain the best of both worlds and build a consistent, pragmatic solution that supports the best-practice delivery ideals of "Think Big, Start Small" rather than a big-bang approach.
The majority of organisations are still a long way away from realising
even the "current" best-practice BI solutions, let alone the newer
ideas being discussed.
The Excel "spreadmart" still proliferates, too many BI data sources and
reporting solutions are still parked in the "too difficult" folder, too
much energy is still wasted in determining the relative priorities of
IT initiatives v Business value-adds. True Business Intelligence has
always been a hybrid challenge mid-way between business ambition and IT
capability.
This presentation which was delivered at the IDC BI Conference 2007 on
the 14th June in London, outlines a relatively new approach to BI that
works right down that crucial hybrid line, placing the key emphasis on
middleware rather than on business reporting or IT data integration
issues, to gain the best of both worlds and build a consistent,
pragmatic solution that supports the best-practice delivery ideals of
"Think Big, Start Small" rather than a big-bang approach.