Business intelligence (BI) today has evolved into a collection of sophisticated techniques that merge insights from business strategy, risk analysis, cognitive psychology, organizational behaviour and political science [2]. Business intelligence is also a force multiplier in terms of profit margin and was only seen as a deployable tool in large businesses a decade ago. Today, we see BI vendors catering to small businesses and this availability has become a buzzword from small to medium companies today. As BI evolved over years catering to large businesses in its sophistication and tools. BI vendors have also changed over years due to mergers and take overs. Such is the importance given to BI today that vendors complement each other in offering different tools and functions. In this paper, we will explore the business intelligence world and try to understand how different Business Intelligence vendor systems as a viable tool cater to small to medium business organizations.
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