04.15.08
The Role of Packaged BI Applications in Delivering Enterprise-Wide BI and DW
Good article by Robert Farris of Hitachi covering the pros and cons of deploying packaged applications. Obviously we see more of the pros having implemented dozens of systems for government and commercial customers.
The Promise of Packaged Analytics
Many companies these days run their business, or at least significant areas of their business, using packaged applications configured to automate business processes across major functional areas such as finance, human resources (HR), manufacturing, supply chain management, customer service, sales, marketing, etc. These systems are good at capturing detailed transactional data about what is happening in the business. Click here for the rest of the article.