Talk:Business intelligence

History

"The earliest known use of the term "Business Intelligence" is in Richard Millar Devens’ in the ‘Cyclopædia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes’ from 1865." This is the cause of inaccuracy perpetuated by 'copy and paste' across several websites.

Firstly, the author of "Cyclopædia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes" is Richard Miller Devens not 'Millar'. There is an earlier edition published in 1864 which may not be the first edition of the work. It is often problematic to establish the first year of publication for books of this era. Technically, the earliest use of the term 'business intelligence' is not 1865 but can also be found on p. 210 of the 1864 edition with the given quote re banker, Sir Henry Furnese.

Rewrite: The earliest known use of the term, 'business intelligence', is attributed to the American historian, Richard Miller Devens (1824-1900), in "Cyclopædia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes", first published c. 1864. Devens used the term to describe how the English banker, Sir Henry Furnese (1657 or 1658-1712), gained profit by receiving and acting upon information about his environment, prior to his competitors. "Throughout Holland, Flanders, France, and Germany, he maintained a complete and perfect train of business intelligence. The news of the many battles fought was thus received first by him, and the fall of Namur added to his profits, owing to his early receipt of the news." (Devens, (1864), p. 210).

Consignee (talk) 18:53, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

References

Re-defining BI

I agree that the BI industry is changing and quickly. As many companies are being bought up by stack vendors there are as many new companies coming into play. There are a few still surviving on their own and changing the game. Providing new thinking through future technology and innovation will certainly continue to change the industry. These companies include Micro Strategies and IBM Cognos. There are also smaller companies that are niche solutions but these two are the larger ones that are competing with the stack vendors and still maintaining their independence.

Update Marketplace

Greetings! Here with a request to update the section Marketplace to give readers a few examples of the so-called pure-play vendors and megavendors. At present, the article mentions no companies in either category, though several are household names (and Notable); it seems to me that naming the big players would help the reader understand the marketplace better. You can see my additions below in bold, though they are of course not boldfaced in the prepared markup:

Marketplace

Marketplace

There are a number of business intelligence vendors, often categorized into the remaining independent "pure-play" vendors, such as Information Builders, MicroStrategy, and SAS, and consolidated "megavendors", such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle Corporation and SAP, that have entered the market through a recent trend of acquisitions in the BI industry. The business intelligence market is gradually growing. In 2012 business intelligence services brought in $13.1 billion in revenue.

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There are a number of business intelligence vendors, often categorized into the remaining independent "pure-play" vendors, such as [[Information Builders]], [[MicroStrategy]], and [[SAS Institute|SAS]], and consolidated "megavendors", such as IBM, [[Microsoft]], [[Oracle Corporation]] and [[SAP SE|SAP]], that have entered the market through a recent trend<ref name="Wailgum08">{{cite news |title=9 business intelligence vendors to watch |last1=Wailgum |first1=Thomas |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2284868/infrastructure-management/9-business-intelligence-vendors-to-watch.html |newspaper=Networkworld |date=26 March 2008 |accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Daniel07">{{cite news |title=Business intelligence mergers and acquisitions: Has BI grown up? |last1=Daniel |first1=Diann |url=https://www.cio.com/article/2437655/business-intelligence/business-intelligence-mergers-and-acquisitions--has-bi-grown-up-.html |newspaper=CIO |date=14 November 2007 |accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/gartner-releases-2013-bi-magic-quadrant-7000011264/ |title=Gartner releases 2013 BI Magic Quadrant |publisher=ZDNet |author=Andrew Brust| date= 2013-02-14|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref> of acquisitions in the BI industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bi-verdict.com/fileadmin/FreeAnalyses/consolidations.htm |title=Consolidations in the BI industry |date=7 March 2008 |last=Pendse |first=Nigel |work=The OLAP Report}}</ref> The business intelligence market is gradually growing. In 2012 business intelligence services brought in $13.1 billion in revenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gartner Says Worldwide Business Intelligence, CPM and Analytic Applications/Performance Management Software Market Grew Seven Percent in 2012|url=http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2507915|website=Gartner|accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref>

References

I happen to be professionally affiliated with one of them, MicroStrategy, so given this financial COI I will not edit this article directly. Can other editors assist in posting this edit? Happy to answer any questions if need be. Thanks, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 16:50, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Per your request on my talk page to look at this: I'm not fond of random lists of commercial "examples" in topics like this. There are dozens of vendors mentioned in the references, and attempts to cherry pick them usually wind up as spam magnets. Thank you for your professionalism and transparency, but I can't make that change. Kuru (talk) 00:09, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

OK, I appreciate the reply and understand the concern. I recognize the potential for abuse, though it's disappointing: the companies are all WP:N and the citations are all WP:RS. I won't push on this one, but I will leave the request in case anyone might favor the change at a later point. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:47, 29 March 2018 (UTC)