What is Business Intelligence? - Pikom

Various flavors of Business Intelligence
Online Analytical Processing (OLAP): A data management
method that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has
been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies
OLAP
Advanced
Analytics
Visualization
Advanced Analytics: Solutions that help to research potential
trends, to analyse the effects of certain decisions or events, or to
evaluate the performance of a given tool or scenario
Visualization: Information organized in a narrative, graphic,
tabular form, dashboard or web-based
Data Mining
Business
Intelligence
(BI)
GIS
Data Mining: Process of discovering new patterns from large
data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial
intelligence, machine learning, statistics and database systems
Geographic Information System (GIS): System designed to
capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types
of geographically referenced data
DSS EIS MIS
Decision Support System (DSS): A interactive system
intended to help decision makers compile useful information from a
combination of raw data, documents, personal knowledge, or
business models to identify ,solve problems and make decisions.
Executive Information System (EIS): A single system that is
central to the organization and ensure that information can be
shared across all functional levels and management hierarchy.
Management Information System (MIS): A system intended to
facilitate and support the information needed by senior executives
by providing easy access to both internal and external information
relevant to meeting the strategic goals of the organisation.
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