DATA WAREHOUSE AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE STRATEGIES AND TRENDS

In recent decades following the evolution of information technology, decision support systems have played an important role by presenting the necessary information resulted from the operational systems processes. By continuing improvement of the methods as well as the contribution of technological advance the applicability of decision support systems is now generalized and has reached the status of complex systems of business intelligence. Business Intelligence is about creating intelligence about a business based on a cyclic flow which consists of capturing, analyzing, planning and implementation resulting in streamlining the organization.