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Unlocking Data Storage: The Traditional Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Warehouse

Sisense

Scaling the warehouse as business analytics needs grow is as simple as clicking a few buttons (and in some cases, it is even automatic). The warehouse being hosted in the cloud makes it more accessible, and with a rise in cloud SaaS products, integrating a company’s myriad cloud apps (Salesforce, Marketo, etc.)

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What is business intelligence? Transforming data into business insights

CIO Business Intelligence

Increased competitive advantage: A sound BI strategy can help businesses monitor their changing market and anticipate customer needs. Business intelligence examples Reporting is a central facet of BI and the dashboard is perhaps the archetypical BI tool. This gets to the heart of the question of who business intelligence is for.