Business Intelligence - The Standard Tool of a Modern Company

The present state of world economy is largely affected by economic crisis. Managers look for new ways and procedures which can start an economic growth. To support this, companies need much better systems providing the managers adequate and sufficient information. This type of information, which is usually multidimensional, can be provided by the Business Intelligence (BI) technologies. The paper briefly presents the benefits of BI technologies and shows the possibilities of BI in support of decision-making processes, e-commerce systems and corporate strategy development.