ISDS 2001 Chapter : Course Outline Chapter 6 Notes
Document Summary
This chapter covers implementation and also introduces some emerging technologies that are likely to impact the development and use of business intelligence applications. Several other interesting technologies are also emerging, but we have focused on those that have already been realized and on some others that are about to impact bi. We introduce these emerging technologies, explore their current applications, and conclude with their relationship to bi. Opening vignette: bi eastern mountain sports increases collaboration. The company implemented a bi system that includes business performance management and dashboards. By integrating with social software it encouraged external communications and collaboration: differentiate between internal and external integrations in this case and their contributions to ems. Suppliers are connected to the bi system by blogs, wikis, and rss feeds. For example, suppliers can monitor the return rate of a product on the dashboard and then invite store managers to provide explanations and suggestions how to reduce the return rate using wikis or blogs.