Comments on: More and more, business users call the shots on BI tools, Gartner says http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/more-and-more-business-users-call-the-shots-on-bi-tools-gartner-says/ A SearchCIO.com blog Sat, 11 May 2013 17:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: DBAndJ2EEInstruction http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/more-and-more-business-users-call-the-shots-on-bi-tools-gartner-says/#comment-620 DBAndJ2EEInstruction Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:31:59 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/more-and-more-business-users-call-the-shots-on-bi-tools-gartner-says/#comment-620 Business Intelligence 101:
In “The Fugitive” Dr Kimball breaks into local hospital to steal records of his nemesis who has a prosthetic arm.
Is this a legal use of Business Intelligence?
In “Miami Vice” episode Tubbs goes to Police HQ and steals file on suspected LatinAmerican Drug King to curry favor?
Is this a legal use of Business Intelligencel?
What about warantless wireshark interceptions..and the interceptor uses this information for their own profit or gain..
Is this a legal use of Business Intelligence?
Bud Fox from the movie “Wall Street” joined a cleaning service and rifled thru company files to acquire insider trade information on that company..
Is thisa legal use of Business Intelligence?

If IT has collected information from public domain then IT will be off the hook.
We have seen where unscrupulous execs from AIG, Citigroup, Enron and Madoff Associates colored their reports from untrue and manufactured Business Intelligence details.
In these cases using Business Intelligence in these manner will come back and haunt the stockholders..and if left unchecked and unreported may haribinger the demise of the organisation..

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