What should Business Intelligence Include and How Can It Be Used?

According to MRC, a provider of BI Software (http://www.mrc-productivity.com/branding/ovbi.html) and I quote:

“5 Essential Elements Every Business Intelligence Solution Should Include

• All of your data. In real-time. m-Power's intelligently designed BI applications provide you with a high level view of real-time data with the ability to drill down to the most minute details.
• Easy in every way. Easy to create. Easy to use. Easy to understand. After all, what good is business intelligence if it's not compeltely intuitive in every way?
• Works well with others. Business intelligence applications created with m-Power integrate with your existing systems easily.

• Friendly pricing: We don't charge user fees, seat fees, distribution fees, or run-time fees. Buy m-Power once and distribute applications for free!
• Easy integration: Applications built with m-Power will easily integrate with your existing products.”

These points sure make sense to me.  But how can it be used?  Internally, certainly.  We have actually been doing that for years, even long before desktop computers came on the market about thirty years ago.  We just kept hand written data and banks of file cabinets.  

I came across an interesting article from edmonds.com, on-line information for automobiles and products.  They used gathered information from questions asked by potential customers to create a database.  From that information, they found what questions are most frequently asked and created answers and forums for potential customers.  Not just a Q & A, but a true BI database for the public and interested customers.  Take a look at their website at http://www.edmunds.com to see what BI developed for the outside world can do for your business.  

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