Knowledge Discovery. Identifying and extracting information from multiple data source containing files stored in various formats (e.g., data mining, modeling, simulation). Business Intelligence: Collecting information relevant to historical, existing, or future business needs (e.g., demand forecasting/management, balanced scorecard, decision support planning). Reporting: Generating reports derived from single or multiple data sources (e.g., ad hoc reporting, standardized/canned reporting, OLAP).
