Baseline Mag, Highlights a set of new uses of BI, excerpts below:

Office Apps/Mobile Access
Cognos in 2005 introduced, as part of its new Cognos 8 business intelligence software, a feature called Go! Office, which lets organizations interact with content within commonly used Microsoft Office applications.

Tools for Thin Clients
Information Builders in April launched WebFocus Power Painter, a feature that provides reporting and analytics in a thin-client environment.

"Operational" Business Intelligence
In June, Business Objects introduced a product called BusinessObjects XI Built for Operational BI, designed to make the XI platform useful to more people in an organization.

Search Capabilities
Software vendors are linking their products to online search engines. In March, Cognos brought out Go! Search Service, a business intelligence search capability that enables employees to instantly find relevant information available through Cognos 8. The browser-based search application ranks results based on user priorities from reports, analyses and dashboards across an organization.

Performance Measurement
Software vendors are providing applications that enable organizations to measure their performance in a variety of key business functions such as customer service, finance and supply chain management.

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