Toward Agile BI By Using In-Memory Analytics

Abstract

This paper explores one of the newer technologies related to the field of Business Intelligence: in-memory technology. The new class of in-memory BI tools turns a BI solution into an agile BI solution. Also, the paper focuses on the main data models used by in-memory BI technologies and tries to answer following questions: Which are the main characteristics of an agile data model? And, which is the best data model that can be used for enabling an agile BI solution?

Keywords

• In-Memory Analytics
• “Associative” Data Model
• Interactive Visualization
• Asso-ciative Search
• In-Memory Technology