Gartner & Aberdeen Group clearly state that all applications should be analytics applications. Whether embedded in enterprise applications or solutions from ISVs analytics make the difference.

Enabling not only better data-driven decision making but, when incorporating write-back to become a part of work processes, better decision execution

That is dangerous, however, without being on a secure and scalable BI platform. Incorporating secure-key and single sign-on.

Charles Caldwell's article below tells you how...