The business intelligence market, once the fastest growing sector of software, is predicted to slow down after the recent spate of multi-billion dollar acquisitions.
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Advances in business intelligence software are helping retailers get to know their customers - and, more important, sell them more stuff - like never before. Yet those same retailers admit that mining customer data can sometimes result in errors that can frustrate or even bewilder their customers.
When organisations are equipped to extract crucial facts from operational data and then act upon them quickly, the result is often improved selling efficiency and enhanced profits. The good news is that business intelligence (BI) tools necessary to support this data analysis are within the grasp of most organisations.
Australia's fifth largest bank St George has completed a refresh of its data warehouse systems on the eve of its likely merger with larger rival Westpac.
Despite enormous investments, many companies are still struggling to simply find ways to deal with data overload. The fact is, they haven't even begun to tap into the information.
If your enterprise uses SAP, implementing a sophisticated BI warehouse is closer to a reality than you might think.
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