[GRLUG] Open Source Business Intelligence

Dave Brondsema dave at brondsema.net
Mon Dec 1 13:59:21 EST 2008


BIRT (http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/) is another tool worth
looking at.  Never used it myself, though, so I can't say anything more
about it.

nick wrote:
> My simple definition: Tool that converts data into information, useful
> for business management.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com
> <mailto:mikemol at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Joe Vanderstelt
>     <thisboyiscrazy+grlug at gmail.com
>     <mailto:thisboyiscrazy%2Bgrlug at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I while ago when I was at a grlug meeting some asked me if they were
>     > any open source business intelligence software. I just ran across
>     > Pentaho. I don't known if it is any good.
>     >
>     > http://www.pentaho.com/
> 
>     What exactly is "business intelligence", as a tool?  What does a BI
>     app seek to accomplish?
> 
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Dave Brondsema
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