1. Business Intelligence: A Managerial Approach (2nd Edition)
Chapter 6:
BI Implementation: Integration and Emerging Trends

4. BI and Integration Implementation
There are several types of integration:
data, applications, methods, and processes.
OR functional and physical.
Functional integration implies that different applications are provided as a single system
Physical integration refers to packaging the hardware, software, and communication features required to accomplish functional integration

8. On-Demand BI
BI initiatives are somewhat capital intensive, as can be inferred from the discussion above. As of now, BI has become more affordable
The Limitations of Traditional Bl:
Complex
Time consuming
expensive

9. On-Demand BI The On-demand Alternative:
On-demand computing, also known as utility computing or software as a service (SaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS) is a model of deployment whereby a software or other computer resources are made available when needed. It is like electricity or water.

13. Social network Social network analysis software is used
to identify, represent, analyze, visualize, or simulate network nodes (e.g., agents, organizations, or knowledge) and edges (relationships) from various types of input data
(relational and nonrelational), including mathematical models of social networks. Various input and output file formats exist.