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4 Technologies That Are Reshaping Business Intelligence Next-generation BI is being formed by predictive analytics, real-time monitoring, in-memory processing, and SaaS. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. This investment- prospectus lingo has never been more apt for business in general than in this post-financial-meltdown, pre-recovery economy. Yet now more than ever, top executives, corporate directors, and financial markets want no surprises. So it's pretty clear why business intelligence initiatives continue to top CIO priorities, as executives from the boardroom on down demand better visibility. The problem is that BI often has fallen short of ideal, delivering insight into the past but not into up-to-the-moment performance or future prospects. Download A Free PDF Of This Article> That's about to change. Next-generation BI has arrived, and three major factors are driving it: the spread of predictive analytics, more real-time performance monitoring, and much faster analysis, thanks to in-memory BI. A fourth factor, software as a service, promises to further alter the BI market by helping companies get these next-generation systems running more quickly.