Leading Business Intelligence Software Systems
Previous reading: Core Business Intelligence Capabilities
By using Gartner’s Magic Quadrants of Analytics and BI (Business Intelligence) Platforms, we can define leading software vendors and their products, which are Power BI by Microsoft, QlickView by Qlick, and Tableau by the same company.
These platforms support various data sources and like Power BI are available as desktop, mobile, and cloud solutions:
- Various data sources can be connected to the system: third-party applications, cloud services, streaming data, Excel workbooks
- Through the API, you can connect your own applications to the service
- Interactive dashboards are available on any device and display real-time data
- Users can share information in several ways
- The service works on all platforms: cloud, desktop and mobile
They all provide interactive data visualizations and shared usage by multiple team members like QlickView:
- The uniform analytics algorithm works in all versions
- Products provide fast, interactive data visualization
- The service can be used together with other members of the team, you can share any applications created
- Finished visualizations can be used for samples and studies
And like Tableau these software tools could be used by non-technical business users to create dashboard applications:
- Users can create tools for dashboards and analytics
- The system works with all devices where there are data streams — no need to worry about hardware requirements or software requirements
- Information panels have access to data warehouses
- Applications for creating dashboards can be created by business users themselves
- Several users can work on the report at once
Our further overview movement will be organized from the bottom layers of the BI architectural stack towards the data presentation and visualization methods and tools. Keep following!
