A conceptual framework for delivering cost effective business intelligence solutions as a service

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 96-100

  Muriithi, G M ^a   Kotze J E ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BI as a service; Business intelligence; Cloud BI; Cloud computing; Data warehouses; SaaS

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORKS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DECISION SUPPORTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; SAAS; TRANSACTIONAL DATA;

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA WAREHOUSES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENGINEERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84886257719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2513456.2513502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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