My simple definition: Tool that converts data into information, useful for business management.<br><br>Nick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Joe Vanderstelt<br>
<<a href="mailto:thisboyiscrazy%2Bgrlug@gmail.com">thisboyiscrazy+grlug@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> I while ago when I was at a grlug meeting some asked me if they were<br>
> any open source business intelligence software. I just ran across<br>
> Pentaho. I don't known if it is any good.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.pentaho.com/" target="_self">http://www.pentaho.com/</a><br>
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</div>What exactly is "business intelligence", as a tool? What does a BI<br>
app seek to accomplish?<br>
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