Early-maturity firms focus on fundamental tools, while more-mature organizations are into BI and data warehousing. Hot new initiatives include data governance, master data management, and data repositories.

Google’s entry marks a change;
some see it as hype; “Search is useless without the truth” — Hyperion; Others see potential of critical business search in real time

OLAP business intelligence is giving way to in-memory BI, which offers faster performance; here are some questions your organization needs to address before making the switch

The multitude of options for acquiring, implementing, and managing a BI platform are nearly as complex as the data the platform must analyze.