Do-it-yourself BI: A work in progress

摘要

If you ask any group of executives what they'd really like in a BI (business intelligence) product, the wish list would look a lot like the description of Cosmic AC, the universe-spanning computer in Isaac AsimoVs classic short story, "The Last Question." Cosmic AC contained all knowledge and could answer any question it was asked. After the first couple of releases, the IT department wasn't even involved.