Welcome to the Guide to Business Intelligence (BI). The purpose of the site is to provide an overview of what Business intelligence is, its benefits, some examples of how companies are using Business Intelligence, vendors who provide Business Intelligence solutions, and finally a directory of sites where you can learn more.

Business Intelligence is the integration of data from various sources in various formats into one usable tool, providing companies with the information to better manage their business. Business Intelligence applications combine disparate sources of information from Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance, and all other desired data into a single, organized interface for users and management. The interface is typically in the form of a website, allowing the information to be accessed from any computer. Business Intelligence allows users to view, edit, compile, cross-examine, and analyze performance, growth, profit and loss information from each department in a standard format. Business Intelligence applications enable management to quickly and easily see the impact of financial, staffing, supply chain, and customer management decisions in order to make better-informed and more timely business decisions.

What is Business Intelligence (BI)?

Businesses today have access to infinite amounts of data ?both quantitative and qualitative ?about their clients, customers, and financials. Business Intelligence applications combine these sets of data into consistent formats and link them to each other, enabling users to filter, organize, compare, contrast and analyze information across regions and departments over specific periods of time, and allows companies to make necessary changes as well as more accurately forecast the future.
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The Benefits of Business Intelligence

The benefits of implementing a Business Intelligence application are multiple: for businesses of any size, compiling and organizing the amount of information available across an entire organization ? financial reports, staffing reports, customer satisfaction surveys, manufacturing records, supply inventory, telecommunications logs ?in a usable format can be a time consuming and often frustrating process. Business Intelligence applications make this process clean and easy, thereby increasing both productivity and profitability.
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Business Intelligence Customer Stories

A wide range of industries, from medical research to agricultural to automotive to financial, are taking advantage of Business Intelligence applications because of the increasing need to get an accurate and complete “big picture?to stay competitive in today’s data-driven markets ?even for small companies.
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Business Intelligence Resources

There are several online publications and resources for Business Intelligence news, information, software and company reviews, user guides, and customer feedback.
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Business Intelligence Vendors

Business Intelligence applications have continually become more cost-effective and easier to implement for any size business. Here we have a short list of some of the currently most popular providers.
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Business Intelligence News

CRM Solutions are making headlines every day in the business world, locally and globally.
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