5 Questions to Answer BEFORE Selecting a Business Intelligence Vendor

Over the last decade, Business Intelligence (BI) has been at or near the top of the list of many executive and business users throughout the world. Organizations have made major investments to information technologies including CRM, ERP, and a slew of other transactional systems that run the operations of a department, division and subsidiaries. Organizations are sitting on mounds of data and are looking for ways to leverage the data for their business advantage. To transform raw data into meaningful and useful information enables more effective strategic, tactical, operational insights and decision-making.

With the recent expansion in the BI tools market, a business intelligence vendor selection strategy that will integrate business requirements accurately is more important now than ever. This white paper explores five key elements of developing a strong BI vendor selection process, including the following topics:

• How to evaluate the present and future requirements of your users and organization;
• How to assess a BI vendor’s ability to truly access your critical data;
• The real story behind Professional Services and Implementation fees from BI vendors;
• Key questions you should ask your vendor references;
• The right way to develop a proof of concept (POC) with a vendor.

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About Halo Business Intelligence

Halo Business Intelligence, established in 2008, is a San Diego-based, Microsoft Gold Certified company offering a full suite of business intelligence solutions. The company has more than 300 customers in construction, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, professional services and retail worldwide. Developed to leverage common business software systems, open technologies, and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, Halo BI frees non-technical users to do their own data mining, analysis and reporting without relying on IT staff or proprietary applications. Additional offices are in Australia, Austria, China and New Zealand. For more information, contact Halo BI at (888) 300-0219, email: info@halobi.com, or on the web: www.halobi.com

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