What Is Cloud BI? Understand In 200 Words

Cloud BI apps are hosted on a virtual network, like the Internet. They empower organizations, access to BI-related data such as dashboards, KPIs and business analytics.

Enterprises are progressively moving towards cloud-based tools, like CRM applications (Salesforce), online file collaboration and storage (Dropbox, Box) and help desk software (UserVoice, Zendesk).

To Each Its Own

BI carries the right information to the right people at the right time, and cloud computing carries a lightweight, agile way to access BI applications.

While the Cloud provides an agile storage, BI offers relevant information to the people in the organizational hierarchy.

Key Highlights

• Critical to financial services & insurance, technology, retail & wholesale industries
• Dashboards, advanced visualization, ad-hoc query, data integration, and self-service – the most-required Cloud BI features today

Why Cloud BI?

• Keeps information unified and accessible
• More computing power and data storage in the cloud
• Affordable and reduced IT costs
• Increased flexibility & scalability
• Lesser maintenance of hardware/software

There couldn’t be anything better than leveraging the complete potential of the two powerhouses – Cloud computing and BI.