A review of the individual enterprise BI strategy must, taking into account the new Opportunities are made and take into account in particular its strategic value: therein lie the greatest potential for the company and hence the justification to invest in new tools. 2. the need for consolidation of the infrastructure: Many companies have a developed infrastructure with many systems and different tools of from different manufacturers often due to missing or inadequate functionality in the declared strategic platform. High operating costs and unnecessary redundancies are a consequence. The predicted potential to best develop their effect, which is possible only on the basis of a flexible, integrated and cross-process data and process platform. In many companies, this means that they must strategically plan a gradual consolidation and initiate. 3. the modernisation of the architecture: Future-oriented architecture concepts such as SOA or the upcoming SAP business process platform (BPP) should in a future-oriented enterprise data warehouse architecture be taken into account.

Specifically, it must be a clear separation between the platform (data) and application (use of data and information) according to the principle of information comes out of the socket”see above. 4. the factor man: tools must be easier in the future to use and users of the BI tools can take independently an analysis of data in hand. This requires a larger networking content and greater interactivity. For appropriate platforms have to produce for the Web 2.0 paradigm – rather than consume created by information – and the staff prepared and trained. 5. the Organization relationships: The combination of the strengths of SAP and business objects offers the chance to introduce a clear architectural distinction between platform and analytical application.

This implementation places new demands on the BI organization, which must coordinate BI activities across different departments and IT. Is a clear definition and distribution of roles central prerequisite. 6. the BI processes: Business intelligence of next generation grows beyond the traditional boundaries of analysis and reporting. It includes also the direct supply of competent in a business process decision makers with relevant information. To achieve an embedding in business processes and thus an optimization of value creation, must themselves BI in the future as a service and as such is technically implemented. About coretelligence: The consulting company coretelligence embodied the concept of the BI agenda a new claim in the business intelligence consulting, the real tangible added value for the business to be generated. He is based on a systemic analysis of all actually relevant success factors, avoids a too strong technology focus, and instead has a fundamental importance to the business processes. coretelligence GmbH & co. KG rifle str. 8 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany FON: + 49 (5731) 15384-00 fax: + 49 (5731) 15384-01