[GRLUG] Open Source Business Intelligence

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 13:20 -0500, nick wrote:
> My simple definition: Tool that converts data into information, useful
> for business management.

So then, that's a spreadsheet?

I've been as baffled by this category of software as the other poster.
Some BI tools seem to be SOA, others ETL, some CRM, and still others
little more than extremely complicated report builders.   And I develop
in the "groupware" space, so I'm used to very soggy definitions;  the BI
people got us groupware people completely beat.

> > 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?