Service-oriented architecture for business intelligence: a research agenda
Jayanthi Ranjan · International Journal of Agile Systems and Management · 2011
Delivering the required information to customers in a timely and location independent fashion increases sales, profit and customer satisfaction, and requires seamless integration among the legacy applications. The best way to achieve this is through service-oriented applications with the added essence of business intelligence. In this paper, service orientation from a business intelligence perspective is explained. The paper provides the architecture for service orientation and argues the need for service-oriented architecture in enterprises. To support the argument, several business domain scenarios are presented where service-oriented architecture (SOA) enabled business intelligence is required. The paper also presents various business process case scenarios where SOA enabled BI is required. Different business domains various business requirements are chosen and shown how each business domain can achieve business value through SOA is presented. A total six business process domains are identified and explained in detail the basic purpose and requirements.