BI Market
by ali al ogaili
1. Market Consalidation
1.1. Mega Vendors
1.1.1. Cognos: IBM
1.1.2. Business Object: SAP
1.1.3. New node
1.2. 2003: Business Objects bought Crystal
2. Technological Shift
2.1. Web 2.0
2.2. More Expecations
2.2.1. Faster Deployment
2.2.2. Easy of use
2.2.3. Every-man analyst within a business
3. New requirements across six important Categories
3.1. Open, web-based Architecture
3.2. Agile Deplpoyment
3.3. Flexible Data Access
3.4. Timely Decision Focus
3.5. Embeddable, Extensible and Customizable
3.6. Affordable Scalability
4. 3 Generation BI
4.1. 1st Generation
4.1.1. General-purpose, off-the-shelf tools for reporting, ad hoc query and analysis of structured data using SQL and standards database connectors.
4.2. 2nd Geenration
4.2.1. Server-base and the rise of data warehouses