Four Characteristics Of Next Generation BI
While some organisations may see benefits from long entrenched best practices, the vast majority will see huge gains from the application of next generation BI technologies. Previously, business intelligence vendors and Business intelligence application developers were all about focusing on operational functionality and architectural robustness. In most cases, these features have no become commoditized, and Business intelligence developers now need to concentrate on utilizing next generation technologies. These technologies should be “agile”, and, according to Forrester, can be subdivided into the categories of “automated”, “pervasive”, “unified”, and “limitless”.
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Automated BI Technology
Your
Business intelligence solution should be able to automate processes and steps as much as possible, so that you can eliminate the human factor and manual labour, and also save precious time resources, so that your staff can spend time on analysis and other high value tasks.
Unified Business Intelligence
A really modern Business intelligence solution should be ale to bridge both your data and information silos. Tools in the software should be able to address various Business intelligence use cases and scenarios. Bringing all of these together on one platform is a sign of truly next generation BI.
A Pervasive BI Solution
You have automation and unification down, but does your
Business intelligence solution address pervasiveness? Your enterprise level modern business intelligence solution should make itself available wherever and whenever your strategic decision makers need to analyse information and make effective decisions.
No Limits BI
Let’s face it, older Business intelligence “solutions” exhibit too many limitations. Next generation Business intelligence has to address all the challenges of the modern business world – a world that never fits into one definition, and is ever changing. The world rarely fits a “model”. The world has to operate on information without any limits or restrictions, and so should your BI solution.
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