BI(Business Intelligence) is a set of processes, architectures, and technologies that convert raw data into meaningful information that drives profitable business actions. It is a suite of software and services to transform data into actionable intelligence and knowledge.
BI has a direct impact on the organization's strategic, tactical, and operational business decisions. BI supports fact-based decision making using historical data rather than assumptions and gut feeling. BI tools perform data analysis and create reports, summaries, dashboards, maps, graphs, and charts to provide users with detailed intelligence about the nature of the business.
Traditionally, organizations and IT specialists used business intelligence technologies to develop a detailed picture of a business and its current state. Today, this functionality is not enough. Modern business intelligence systems not only help make informed decisions, educated guesses and develop strategies – every day they support critical choices made by the people running your company. And to truly integrate this data intelligence into your operational processes, you need a system that supports your existing workflow and delivers the right solutions to the right people at the right time.