What are the different types of business intelligence software?
Business intelligence software falls into the following categories, 1. Technologies – Databases optimized for frequent, high volume, multidimensional queries. 2. Analytic Applications – Pre-built applications with defined metrics, methodologies and processes for addressing business problems associated with specific vertical markets or functional areas of a company. 3. Analysis Tools – Applications that are not vertical-market or business-function specific, but provide essential functions such as data visualization, reporting and querying. 4. Development Platform – These building blocks allow for the customized development of analytic applications to meet any business requirements. Platforms may include a programming language such as Java, Visual Basic or C and/or pre-built templates or objects. More advanced platforms provide a user-friendly interface to manipulate these elements without coding.
