Business Intelligence (BI) is no longer a luxury; it is a core decision-making tool for organisations across all industry segments. A critical part of business information management, a BI strategy has to be tailored to support and enable decision-making at strategic, operational and tactical levels. However, the Business Intelligence (BI) strategy must be linked to an integrated Knowledge Management strategy to be successful. BI assists organisations to leverage their investment in enterprise solutions such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) suites, customer relationship management (CRM) systems and supply chain management (SCM) systems. It provides not only greater visibility across the organisation, but delivers insights into business performance that can help improve efficiencies, identify new opportunities or fine tune projects and priorities to increase competitiveness. It creates sustainable competitive advantage by enabling organisations to recognise and act on growth opportunities and productivity enhancements.

The Business Intelligence (BI) Institute has extensive experience in providing business intelligence expertise to a very broad cross section of industries, assisting them to understand their information needs and align these to the requirements of their business realm. We transform organisational data into information that has business meaning, providing the tools and mechanism for decision making that give you access to greater levels of understanding, knowledge and insight.

Specialising in a range of Business Intelligence (BI) technologies, we assist our clients to select the best solution for their business. We make use of hybrid BI methodologies, leaning on the work of recognised gurus such as Bill Inmon, Ralph Kimball and others. We are technology agnostic but have broad technological expertise that extends to various Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, including Cognos, Informatica, Oracle, SAS and Teradata.

Our service offering includes: consulting and defining business requirements; prototyping and delivery of proof of concepts; BI software and strategy road mapping and life cycle planning; data integration and cleansing; creation of the necessary data warehouse architecture; the implementation and rollout of hybrid Business Intelligence (BI) applications; and the design and development of performance management solutions and dashboards.

We believe Business Intelligence (BI) is not a stand-alone solution but an enabling tool that helps fulfil the key objective of running a business effectively and efficiently. Business Intelligence (BI) should form part of the business management portfolio and must integrate with business modelling, planning, statutory and financial reporting to deliver Performance Management, creating a 'beyond Business Intelligence (BI)' approach.

At Business Intelligence (BI) Institute we have also created particular Centres of Excellence around service delivery management, Business Intelligence (BI) skills development and training, technical support services and the establishment of competence centres.

Technologies supported include:	Approved resellers of:
Crystal Reports Crystal Xcelsius Cognos Business Objects MS SSIS / AS Sybase IQ Teradata Datastage Informatica SuperCross Oracle Discoverer Oracle Warehouse Builder Oracle Daily Intelligence