Business Intelligence questions reviewed & verified.

Business Intelligence questions
reviewed & verified.

Business Intelligence ANS - comprehensive, cohesive and integrated set of applications used to capture,
collect, integrate, store, and analyze data with the purpose of generating and presenting information to
support decision making



BI Benefits ANS - main goal: improved decision making

1. integrating architecture

2. common user interface for data reporting and analysis

3. common data repository fosters single version of company data

4. improved organizational performance



BI Tech Trends ANS - data storage improvements

business intelligence appliances

business intelligence as a service

big data analytics

personal analytics



data storage improvements ANS - SSD and SATA increase performance and allow larger capacity; more
affordable and faster



business intelligence appliances ANS - plug and play app optimized for data warehouse and BI apps;
improved price performance ratios, fast installation and integration



BI as a service ANS - cloud, no need for hardwar or softwars; pay as you go



big data analytics ANS - social media as competitive advantage