The internet is making business intelligence applications even more powerful for several reasons:
- Data sources such as exchange rates, competitive or industry measures, and so on can be accessed online and use by the business intelligence applications.
- Convenience – the business intelligence application itself can be web-based, allowing users to access the system from home, while traveling or from remote offices.
- Speed data of distribution or information is available immediately from anywhere.
- Speed data collection – budgets, statistics, comments and the like can be entered from anywhere.
- There is no need for software installation and maintenance on users’ computers.
Most business intelligence vendors now have a web version of their software, and as long as you have the infrastructure in place, you should seriously evaluate making your business intelligence information available through a web based application.
Business Intelligence: Impact on the Internet
