Chapter 5- Conclusions and Recommendations

The purpose of this chapter is to describe all the conclusions made after

answering all research questions and also describe the further scope of research can be

conducted.

Research Question 1- What are the popular Business Intelligence Tools available in the

market?

After answering this research question we can conclude that only few vendors are

able to provide products and services for all layers of BI architecture. The BI tools of BI

vendors providing services for all layers of BI architecture are considered as popular BI

tools in the market because most of the organizations prefer to buy all BI products from

BI vendor who able to provide services and products for every layer of the BI

architecture. This the main reason for acquisitions made by popular BI vendors where

they can attract all levels of organizations by providing services at every layer of BI

architecture. Finally we conclude that Oracle, SAS, IBM (Cognos), SAP, and Microsoft

are the popular BI vendors in the market after comparing the total number of customers

and total annual income of different BI vendors in the market.

There can be further research can be conducted by practical execution and testing

of the BI tools provided by the different BI vendors. It is recommended that the findings

for this research question can be taken as initial step in investigating popular BI tools in

the market.
Research Question -2 what are the services provided by the BI tools for business

organizations?

After answering this research question we can conclude that all the popular BI

tool vendors considered for research are able to provide all Data mining, OLAP, Query,

and Reporting services. Only few services are not provided by the popular BI tool

vendors.

There can be further research can be conducted by practical execution and testing

of the BI tools provided by the different BI vendors. The services can be analyzed in

depth by practical testing of BI tools provided by popular BI vendors by conducting

prediction or analytical analysis having high level target.

Research Question 3 - What are the advanced features included in BI tools?

After answering this research question we can conclude that Oracle, SAS, and

Microsoft are able to provide most advanced features for data mining and analytical

analysis. The other popular vendors are also providing advanced features but not as

Oracle, SAS, and Microsoft.

There can be further research can be conducted by practical execution and testing

of the BI tools provided by the different BI vendors. More features can be considered for

research while only few features are analyzed in this research. The features can be

analyzed in depth by practical testing of BI tools provided by popular BI vendors by

conducting prediction or analytical analysis having high level target.

Research Question – 4 Compare and contrast all features of BI tools by providing rating

according to their performance?

 After answering this research question we can conclude that Oracle and SAS are

providing best data mining, OLAP, Query, and Reporting services and features for their

customers. In this research question rating is provided after analyzing their features and

services provided in previous research questions.

There can be further research can be conducted by practical execution and testing

of the BI tools provided by the different BI vendors. More features and services can be

considered for research while only few features and services are analyzed in this research.

The features can be analyzed in depth by practical testing of BI tools provided by popular

BI vendors by conducting prediction or analytical analysis having high level target.

Research Question – 5 How can a BI tool influence business organization for its success

in the competitive market?

After answering this research question we can conclude that organization have to

choose predictive and analytical tool which exactly matches to their company profile can

earn more than it spend on BI tools. By predicting the risks and frauds companies can

reduce the bad customers and unnecessary production of products. Organizations can

analyze the trends and sales by simple queries without the involvement of the IT

department.

The findings in this research question can be taken as initial results. There can be

further research can be conducted by a high level survey by interviewing high level

executives of successful organizations using BI tools for predictive and analytic analysis.