In this BeyeNETWORK transcript of a webcast, industry expert and author Cindi Howson details the current state of business intelligence (BI) adoption, the business impact and offers BI best practices from both organizational and technical perspectives. Based on 2011 survey data and case studies highlighted in Howson?s book, ?Successful Business Intelligence,? this transcript addresses key technical issues including near real-time data warehouse updates, master data management (MDM) and BI standardization and key organizational issues including enterprise versus departmental BI and the business-IT partnership.?
Read on to learn:

• Trends in BI adoption and success rates
• The economy?s impact on how BI is deployed
• Technical aspects that most affect BI?s impact and adoption
• Ways to organize for greater success