Today companies have vast amounts of informations available to carry business moves. The General Mills and IBMs of the world now are using complicated-and expensive-Business Intelligence (BI) systems that can combine data together from a multiple operating systems and generate best reports that highlight not only what has occured and what is happening, but also what will probably happen. Can Small Business Benefit From Business Intelligence Software?

• It can help a small business compete with larger competitors or enhance market share.

• Vendors are getting experienced at making software that’s affordable.

• BI vendors are starting to educate a younger crowd. 

• The cloud now puts non-IT users in the driver’s seat. 

• Before investing in BI tools, one must know what answers they are looking for.

• Forget about using BI software if one don’t have access to best operational data.

• BI is increasingly going mobile. 

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