BI as a field is moving from BI 1.0 to BI 2.0: from siloed, complicated and IT owned to integrated, flexible, and collaborative
BI has changed a great deal over the years, particularly recently
BI 1.0
In the past, BI focused on
Methodology, technology, and best practices of using data to drive decisions and understand the business.
Provides historical, current, and predictive perspectives
Combines operational and strategic views
However, this still left a lot to be desired.
BI was still owned by the IT department, so business users didn’t have the control or access needed to make effective decisions
Generally slow to respond
Very inflexible
And not very interactive
BI 2.0
The trend today is to address these issues by increasing the capabilities of a BI solution, bringing Discoverability, Collaboration, Self Service, Insights, and Data Access together
And doing all of this through browser based, interactive, and real-time BI to empowering users to make right decisions
BI 2.0 is
Simple to use, and pervasive BI
Collaborative, and engaging BI
Business owns the data
Integrated with business goals and ideals
