Although the concept of Business Intelligence (BI) Systems is still emerging, nowadays many global companies like Agfa, POSCO, TDS Telecom and etc are implementing BI systems as their major strategic tool. Most of those BI projects are reaching success, and it is worthwhile to study the success story of those projects and deduct a lesson from them. Thus, this paper analyzes the successful cases for BI solutions provided by various global IT vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and SAS. It will describe the BI strategy and the main priorities of BI projects implemented in case companies. We will try to study the success factors of BI through considering different BI cases in different industries and on different platforms. As a result of BI success, we account the tangible and intangible benefits of investing in BI project and observe the real return from implementing it. Through studying the various cases of enterprise BI development, we gain lessons leading to success. So the paper...
Sarvar R. Abdullaev, Il Seok Ko