Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence is a phrase that has now been around for a number of years, it sits on top of the list of many company’s technologies requiring investment, but what does it actually mean?

We see Business Intelligence as a set of processes, capabilities and deliverables that enable fact-based decision making. Well implemented Business Intelligence aims to ensure that automated, repeatable and auditable results are delivered to key personnel is a timely manner.

Business Intelligence solutions can present content in the form of:

• Reports (Operational, Corporate, Management and Board)
• Metrics
• KPI’s
• Charts
• Maps and Gauges
• Ad-hoc Analysis
• OLAP, Cubes and Trend Identification
• Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
• Dashboards and Scorecards
• Report Books

We believe that the major philosophy behind Business Intelligence is to “present the best information, in the most appropriate format to the right people at the required time”.

This means that we see BI as having 4 components:

1. Information, data or content
2. Format, layout or presentation method
3. Users
4. Time (includes both the accessibility and the age of the information)

Each of these 4 components are critical to a successful and efficient BI solution. We will work with you to ensure that your Business Intelligence environment is tailored to your company’s specific needs and that it delivers the best value possible to your organization.