The evolution of BI: Applying real-time analysis to unstructured data

To help businesses get smarter and stronger, BI (business intelligence) systems analyze and synthesize huge pools of corporate data to create terabytes of performance-enhancing information for enterprises of all sizes.

BI can quickly pull critical information out of those huge data streams and serve it up in ways that can improve, grow, and transform operations, sales, and marketing. In fact, so much data can be drawn out of great BI applications today that it's even establishing a bigger need for a new kind of IT worker -- data scientists who are trained to make the most of all that information.

So how do businesses keep up with the improvements that are constantly happening in the BI marketplace so they can take advantage of new innovations? And how can businesses do more with the critical customer and process data they are collecting using their BI systems? Read more...