The last few years showed how the technology revolution that is Web 2.0, accompanied by the "always on’"and pervasive broadband, weaved the Internet into the fabric of modern living. Now Web 2.0 and other major developments, such as, service-oriented architecture and advances in communication technologies, are leaving a lasting effect on software application functionality. That effect is evident in all areas of information technology and business intelligence (BI) is no exception. New BI offerings benefit from a rich and extended set of functionality: much improved user interfaces for reporting and visualisation, interactive mobile BI, capabilities to bridge the gap between structured and unstructured data, real-time and event-driven BI and more.

BI is now capable of delivering a new level of benefits to organisations that speeds up the return on investment. Butler Group’s Business Intelligence Strategy Briefing will explore the latest concepts and advances in BI and how they are helping organisations achieve the long awaited objectives of BI for the masses and pervasive BI.