1. Business Intelligence Text Chapter 9

2. Business Intelligence The introductory slides from text Chapter 9 (showing the questions addressed) will be shown. Some considerations of business intelligence will be addressed.

3. © Pearson Prentice Hall 2009 Using MIS 2e Chapter 9 Business Intelligence Systems David Kroenke

4. © Pearson Prentice Hall 2009 Study Questions Q1 – Why do organizations need business intelligence? Q2 – What business intelligence systems are available? Q3 – What are typical reporting applications? Q4 – What are typical data-mining applications? Q5 – What is the purpose of data warehouses and data marts? Q6 – What are typical knowledge-management applications? Q7 – How are business intelligence applications delivered?

5. © 2007 Prentice Hall, Inc. 5 Figure 9-2 Hard-Disk Storage Capacity Source: Used with permission of Peter Lyman and Hal R. Varian, University of California at Berkeley. YearDisks Sold (Thousands) Storage Capacity (Petabytes) From the text 1 st edition:

6. Today’s current storage (hard drives) See, for example:PCWorld article PricescanPCWorld article Pricescan Tom’s hardware AnandTech Solid State Drives