BI steps into the cloud: are we getting closer to reality? How about ETL, OLAP cube building and Data Warehouse

Business intelligence functionality has made its way into cloud computing as Panorama Software on Thursday unwrapped PowerApps. The SaaS model is becoming a strong contestant in the business intelligence space and Panorama is the first one to really push it. This will create huge competition between the main players. It is going to be interesting to see how BI can play in highly intensive data integration initiatives and data loads. I believe that reporting/dashboarding can be done in SaaS world, but how do one create effectiveness in extraction, transformation, load (ETL) processes and data warehouse/cube building.

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