With the advent of the big data era, the term business intelligence has emerged in foreign business circles. It represents a series of methods, technologies, and software used to improve the operational performance of enterprises. It applies advanced information technology to the entire enterprise. It not only provides information acquisition capabilities for enterprises, but also transforms it into a competitive advantage through information development, it is also called intelligence in the chaotic world. Therefore, more and more enterprises are asking for Bi as an effective means to help enterprises achieve their business goals.
Currently, business intelligence is generally understood as a tool that converts existing data in an enterprise into knowledge and helps the enterprise make informed business operation decisions. To transform data into knowledge, data warehouse, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) tools, data mining, and other technologies must be used. Therefore, at the technical level, business intelligence is not a new technology, but a comprehensive application of ETL, data warehousing, OLAP, data mining, data presentation, and other technologies.
Business Intelligence (BI) vendors are looking for new advanced data visualization functions from a large data source to help enterprises cope with increasingly large datasets. Business Intelligence (BI) vendors are looking for new advanced data visualization functions to help enterprises solve this problem. Next, let's take a look at the leading business intelligence system platform:
I. Most comprehensive BI products of blue giant IBM
The blue giant IBM has one of the most comprehensive business intelligence (BI) products that combine software, hardware, and services. Earlier this year, Cognos added desktop-based advanced data visualization and Insight Analysis.
Cognos is a service-oriented architecture built on the core bi platform. It is the only solution that provides complete business intelligence functions through a single product and a single reliable architecture, it provides seamlessly integrated reporting, analysis, scorecard, dashboards, and other solutions. By providing all the system and data resources, it simplifies the way employees process information. As a comprehensive and flexible product, Cognos Business Intelligence solutions can be easily integrated into the existing multi-system and data source architecture.
II. Information Builders in the later stages of the data analysis Market
Information Builders is the world's most famous company for large-scale BI deployment. The WebFOCUS platform provides advanced data analysis for enterprise users. WebFOCUS is a powerful, highly integrated, high-performance and high-scalability Enterprise Business Intelligence kit. It is currently available in the industry (Usable), Deployable and Scalable) the best real-time information transfer solution. From standard reports, self-service reports to ad hoc queries, OLAP analysis, dynamic scheduling, or warning distribution, WebFOCUS provides all the features and functions to meet various information requirements of internal and external users.
In addition, the powerful functions of WebFOCUS allow access to all existing data sources of an enterprise, from legacy data to data warehouses. Currently, millions of users use the application systems developed by WebFOCUS on internal, external, or interconnected networks every day.
Iii. Microsoft
Microsoft is a later show in the data analysis and visualization market. Microsoft BI delivers data warehousing, reporting and analysis, and performance management at three levels or by workload. All of this aims to provide integrated, comprehensive data sources and tools to help improve decision making. In our opinion, Microsoft BI's commitment is to help decision makers at all levels in the Organization have confidence in the enterprise goals and plans supported by their decisions.
Iv. MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy is specialized in the deployment of data warehouses running on large enterprise-level BI. It provides intuitive data browsing capabilities and uses visual data analysis tools to generate insights.
MicroStrategy can assist companies in developing various large databases and analysis software for individual users, allowing companies to deliver customized and personalized information to users by phone, fax, email, and the Internet. You can also decide when or in a different way to view the information of various companies based on your own situation.
V. Oracle is the leader in Business Intelligence
Many enterprises use ORACLE as their competitors in Business Intelligence. Oracle's solutions have been widely used. Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (obiee) is a new generation of business intelligence platform designed and developed by a group of experienced business intelligence and data warehouse experts since 1997. The entire platform was designed for the Web architecture and introduced many brand-new ideas from the very beginning-hoping to provide comprehensive business intelligence capabilities to as many employees as possible, make business intelligence as intuitive, easy to use, and interactive as possible, so that everyone in the entire organizational structure can benefit from it.
6. QlikTech
Qliktech is the fastest-growing business intelligence (BI) company in the world. Its flagship product, qlikview, provides real-time commercial answers, allowing users to easily and unlimitedly mine their own data. Unlike traditional business intelligence, qlikview can quickly create value for users. Its investment return period is only several days or weeks, rather than months, years, or never return. It is the only product that can be deployed on business sites, cloud computing platforms, laptops, or mobile devices. It is suitable for any enterprise, from a single user to a large international company.
VII. SAP
SAP businessobjects is the product suite of the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company, business Objects XI provides the most complete and reliable platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration.
Based on the existing successful product portfolio of SAP businessobjects, this new solution enables enterprises to focus on improving their economic, social, and environmental performance, instead of spending a lot of time collecting relevant data and writing reports. SAP businessobjects performance management solution for sustainable development provides an overall view of sustainability metrics for enterprises and simplifies internal and external reporting processes through an easy-to-use interface.
8. SAS solves business problems for many enterprises
SAS enterprise-level business intelligence has already solved complex business problems for many enterprises, especially for those enterprises that need advanced analysis methods and large unstructured data sources.
The SAS Business Analysis Framework includes industry and business line solutions, as well as analysis, data management, query, and report technologies. The company can first solve the most important key business problems, and then gradually add new features over time to support continuous performance improvement.
IX. Tableau
Tableau is the simplest business intelligence tool software in the desktop system. Tableau does not force users to write custom code. The new console can also be fully customized. The console not only monitors information, but also provides complete analysis capabilities. The Tableau console is flexible and highly dynamic.
Tableau perfectly integrates data operations with beautiful charts. Its program is very easy to use. Companies can use it to drag and drop large amounts of data onto the digital "canvas" to create various charts in a twinkling of an eye. The idea of this software is that the easier it is to manipulate the data on the interface, the more thorough the company can understand whether it is correct or wrong in its own business field.
Conclusion: As a business-driven decision-making support system, business intelligence is developed on the basis of a comprehensive enterprise information system and a stable business system. The future application of business intelligence is closely related to the basic information conditions in the industry. How to understand their own needs and select products with advantages is the key to the success of business intelligence.