Business Intelligence Buyer’s Guide [Archive.org URL]

Vendors continue to tout business intelligence as the next big thing in corporate computing. And in fact, sales of BI products rose to nearly $4 billion last year — and could hit $6 billion by 2005.

But while the virtues of BI tools are plenty (including huge ROI numbers), big-bang rollouts of the software may be a mistake. Indeed, some business intelligence vendors say the smart way to deploy BI software is to take it step-by-step. And where to start in that process? Many consultants say BI rollouts should begin in finance.

In this buyer’s guide, Contributing Editor Russ Banham looks at the trends in the BI market that are shaping the industry — and how smart executives are installing BI products.

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