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'Business intelligence is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, accessing and analyzing data to help enterprise users make better business decisions.'

Business intelligence users are beginning to demand near real time analysis relating to their business, particularly in frontline operations. They will come to expect fresh information in the same fashion as they monitor stock quotes online. Monthly and weekly analysis will not suffice.

"This is the way we live our lives today. Why should Business Intelligence be any different?” said Charles Nicholls, CEO of SeeWhy, a UK software company... [Read more...]