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February 15, 2007 Death To The BI Data Silo? Not So Fast by J. Paul Kirby with Connie Moore, Tom Pohlmann, Shelby Semmes	Average: 8  (1 rating)

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Executive Summary

The infamous data silos used for business intelligence (BI) that isolate different business domains and obstruct innovation often deserve their pariah reputation — but not always. The right framework for deciding which silos go to the gallows requires a focus on business processes, looking at the types of decisions that business users will make with a silo's data, instead of a focus on the systems with which they might be integrated. At a minimum, some silos will have to be restructured or consolidated into fewer silos, and they may well need to be transformed into process-focused cross-domain systems.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Data Silos Frustrate Innovation
• Proper Silo Analysis Requires A Business Process Focus For BI
• Realign People And Data To Maximize BI Benefits

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Restructuring Silos Requires A Transformation To Process-Centric BI

WHAT IT MEANS

• Process-Centric BI Requires Technology to Be Simple
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