As Business Intelligence Software Goes Mainstream, Choosing the Right Vendor Is Vital.DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. , Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43461) has announced the addition of Business Intelligence to their offering. In one of the most influential books ever written on software marketing, Crossing The Chasm, the author, Geoffrey Moore Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; inc. 1887. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equipment, packaging for foods, and auto parts. , talks about "Main Street". This is when a market has reached a level of maturity and a low enough price point that the technology is ready for wholesale adoption by corporate enterprises. When the likes of Microsoft, Oracle and SAP announce strong interest in the BI market you know Main Street is here - the market is now large enough to support the massive investments required for these large players to prosper on a worldwide commodity market basis. The Business Intelligence (BI) marketplace is now at that point. If you need any more convincing of this point, visit the Business Objects web site, which promises "Attend any training course in July or August and you'll save 10%. We'll also enter you into our prize draw to win a weekend in Spain!" The technology is now largely irrelevant-every credible vendor can extract data from heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). databases, load that data into cubes cubes See QQQ. , run some 'what if' questions and output the results of those queries into professional report formats. The key question is "which vendor(s) can you trust?" Some vendors have been involved in unscrupulous profit-taking on the path to Main Street. Others have technology and a level of available resource that is questionable for the support of a complete enterprise deployment. Others have shown worrying inconsistencies and a lack of continuity. Regular changes of account representative are not a good sign. Nor are yo-yo yo-yo child’s toy that periodically overwhelms public’s fancy. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 173] See : Fads financial results or scandals involving the company. The message is clear. The time to flirt with half a dozen vendors is over-it is time to choose your long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. partner (or two) and get rid of the rest. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43461 |
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