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From BI to Real-Time Intelligence: White Paper

From BI to Real-Time Intelligence: White Paper

Fast data can’t sit in a warehouse.

Feb 9, 2016
1 minute read

In a world where financial transactions, e-commerce, and IoT communications all take place in an instant, the ability to ingest and analyze this data is critical to a business.  But business intelligence (BI) systems, built on the old data warehouse model, move too slowly to ingest and analyze such data.  What’s needed is a computing and analytic architecture that enables instant analysis on streaming data for operational intelligence.

In this white paper you will learn:

  • The differences between BI and operational intelligence
  • Different technologies for real-time data ingestion
  • Seven applications for operational intelligence, ranging from the IoT to finance and healthcare.

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