BI in 2006: Advancing, Waiting, Retrenching

"Latency, context and actionable information are things we have been talking about over the last 20 years, but the reality is that a lot of technologies are now merging into tools and platforms that are not necessarily going to be coming from a status quo vendor. You're going to have to think outside the box, because these things might actually save you a day on a quarterly close, or increase customer satisfaction responsively by five days, or save churn and prevent regulatory headaches," Smith said.

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