The paper describes in detail the three modes of BI processing that exist in enterprises today: strategic, tactical and operational; discusses the roles of information consumers and producers; and lays out the various organizational needs to create a decision workflow.

Other key highlights include:

• Today’s BI processing needs

   

• Differing ways information workers and information consumers use data

   

• Business intelligence technology requirements

   

• Enterprise BI framework creation

   

• Evolutionary approach to deploying a BI system

   

This research was sponsored by Oracle Corporation.

Colin White is at his best in this paper, “An Enterprise Framework for Business Intelligence,” says Ron Powell, Cofounder and Editorial Director of the BeyeNETWORK. “Colin combines his years of experience with BeyeNETWORK survey results to create a framework for evolutionary deployment of BI systems that any organization can use as a starting point or a reference for future endeavors.”

The full report is available for immediate viewing at the BeyeNETWORK’s research site: http://www.beyeresearch.com/study/10470.

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