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    January 17

    Business Intelligence-What is the next hotspot?

    Business Intelligence(商业智能,简称BI)并非像其名字那样神奇,BI通常被理解为将企业中现有的数据转化为知识,帮助企业做出明智的业务经营决策的工具。
     
    这里不得不提一提“企业”这次词的理解。我们常把firm,company, corporation翻译为公司,把enterprise翻译成企业确实有些问题。firm多是通称,可以称为商号。company也是泛泛而称,可以是合伙制,股份公司,有限责任公司等。corporation多为股份公司。而enterprise翻译为企业也对,但是一般指有明显商务活动的公司,多为电信、金融、大型制造业等。而在中文中“企业”是与政府机构以及事业单位区分的词汇,所有从事商业行为的都可较为企业。
     
    在IT界将包含传统"交易/事务(transaction)","消息(Message Broker)","集成(Integration)等"等操作性(Operational)软件系统都成Enterprise System,把软件应用称为Enterprise Application。 这些系统软性包括:RDBMS, Middleware(transaction, message queue, integration), Application Server, Web Server等,应用包括ERP, SCM,CRM,HRM,Call Center...
     
    经过日积月累的应用,这些Ensterprise System & Application都保存了大量企业日常运行的数据信息。往往在线系统基于性能、存储以及应用本身的考虑只存放有限时间的数据,比如计费的详单存放3个月,账单存放1年等等。这些下线的数据基本上在被aggregation后就被封存到磁带,光盘,然后放进柜子。而在线数据除活动部分由于operation需要之外也在这些应用系统中通过有限的report present。企业的数据没有能表达他们的价值。
     
    而老板们总是需要知道我的公司怎么了?中层经理们需要知道cash flow健康吗?销售情况如何?生产是不是瓶颈?明年的计划改怎么做?CIO和IT Manager因此被自我或其他Manager驱动要做出大家看得懂的表报。于是市场又发觉了一个热点-Business Intelligence!
     
    Many BI/DW projects begin with the notion that you'll just move some data to a new machine, clean it up a little, and develop some reports. (The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit : With SQL Server 2005 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset )
     
     "当然是错误的",每个BI consultant都会这么说。其实他们是说得没错, BI不只是买个BO的crystal report tool. BI应该是一个企业战略或者说是企业范围内的项目。
     
    在CRM,ERP,SCM等红火了这么些年后,BI又将是一个被挖掘出来的新热点。顺便提一下我所预见的将要发生的热点:
    1.BI(商业智能)
    2.UC (统一通信)
    3.Enterprise Search(企业搜索)
     
    当然,一切都将以技术新热点 - SOA 所呈现。

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