by Angela Guess
William McKnight has written an article for BeyeNetwork discussing how increasing Business Intelligence demands are pushing the limits of data architecture. He writes, “We all know change is constant, but when we are responding to demands to extract value from new forms of the most important asset in modern competitive business – information – and are busily managing the increased volumes, change is both constant and fast-paced. Don’t get left behind: With ‘big data’ increasingly taking hold, the five-year future is going to bring major transformation in the way information systems are built to support business intelligence (BI) and analytics applications.”
McKnight goes on, “It’s going to be more about the net additive effect of the possibilities than about dismantling current technology investments. It’s going to be about seriously using information for BI and analytics through the exploitation of all possible data, including data that is larger than anything else you’ve experienced to date, providing less value “per byte” and requiring new data management methods. It’s going to be about exploiting information sooner in its lifecycle – as soon as possible. Maturity in business intelligence is correlated to maturity and success in business. BI maturity is a worthy progression to understand, and working to increase maturity levels is a recommended strategy for every BI team.”
