VOLUME 26 BEST PRACTICES IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND DATA WAREHOUSING FROM LEADING SOLUTION PROVIDERS AND EXPERTS ENTERPRISE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN POWERFUL CASE STUDIES, LESSONS LEARNED, AND Q&A FOCUSING ON: Enterprise Business Intelligence Operational BI Open Source BI BI For SAP Predictive Analytics FEATURE Hybrid BI: To Centralize or Distribute— That is the Question Wayne W. Eckerson, TDWI Research A hybrid approach to organizing BI teams ensures data consistency, adherence to standards, and business responsiveness. PAGE 2 TDWI RESEARCH EXCERPTS Pervasive Business Intelligence: Systems Theory and BI PAGE 29 Customer Data Integration: The State of CDI PAGE 34
