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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

The concept of DSS grew out of research conducted at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in the 1950s and 1960s, but really took root in the enterprise in the 1980s in the form of executive information systems (EIS), group decision support systems (GDSS), and organizational decision support systems (ODSS). Analytics, Data Science

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What’s the Difference Between Business Intelligence and Business Analytics?

Sisense

BA and BI are broad terms covering all kinds of technologies and approaches – and, to add to the confusion, are often used interchangeably. So…what is the difference between business intelligence and business analytics? What Does “Business Analytics” Mean? Is there a difference at all? Let’s take a closer look.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

BI is a set of independent systems (technologies, processes, people, etc.) And Manufacturing and Technology, both 11.6 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Embedded Analytics Download Now Section 2: Embedded Analytics: No Longer a Want but a Need Find out how major shifts in technology are driving the need for embedded analytics.