Actionable business intelligence: How to make it available through Service-oriented Architectures

The paper discusses the main characteristics of Service-oriented Architecture and examines the feasible ways of using business intelligence solutions as Web services in an SOA environment. With the evolution of Web services, organizations are becoming more sophisticated in their goals for and requirements of this technology as it offers faster and more flexible deployment, customization and easy integration of BI solutions. Those organizations that choose a Web services strategy will be best positioned to deliver BI content across and beyond the enterprise, making BI accessible to everyone, wherever they work, at a lower cost and in more innovative ways.