The Next Wave of BI
May 20, 2008
Progress comes in waves, each wave building on the last. Increasing standardisation delivers more functionality from fewer lines of application code, while increases in processing power make seemingly insurmountable computing tasks today an everyday occurrence tomorrow.
We believe that we are seeing the start of the third wave of the development and adoption of business intelligence tools. These tools fully leverage industry standard technology platforms such as .Net or Java. At the forefront of these developments is the Unified Business Intelligence platform from LogiXML, Logi9.
Logi9 delivers the same functionality as competing platforms for 10-15% of the investment, both in terms of software acquisition and total cost of ownership throughout the lifecycle of the solution. This is achieved by the aggressive adoption of industry standards and compliant technologies.
The pioneers who made up the second wave of Business Intelligence needed to build their solutions from the ground up. Solutions contained the reporting tools but in many cases the application server, portal technology and authentication mechanisms were also proprietary.
However, having set the standard for functionality, the resulting software became complex and clumsy, with multi-year release cycles for product enhancements becoming the norm. These legacy tools, with their proprietary technology, typically need specialist staff to both manage and maintain the solutions built with them. They become difficult to maintain in the face of changing business and technology requirements.
In today’s business environment, responding to change will become a key differentiator.
The next wave in Business Intelligence software, Logi9, provides your business with the tools to quickly and effectively integrate business intelligence into every decision.
