Build vs. Buy with BI: Key Strategies for Embedded Analytics

About this Document

Companies frequently struggle to understand how to best leverage their own internal IT resources, along with commercially available software to create a highly analytical environment. In short – when it comes to BI, should you build it or buy it? Based on findings from Aberdeen's March 2012 report, this Research Brief examines the organizational impact of buying commercially available BI tools as compared with taking a homegrown approach to BI.

Read this report to learn about:

  • Different approaches to embedded BI
  • Top challenges and benefits of an embedded BI strategy
  • Key recommendations for a buy vs. build decision