What Has Caused the Growth of the Demand for Instant,on-Demand

question 70

Multiple Choice

What has caused the growth of the demand for instant,on-demand access to dispersed information?

• A)the increasing divide between users who focus on the strategic level and those who are more oriented to the tactical level
• B)the need to create a database infrastructure that is always online and contains all the information from the OLTP systems
• C)the more pressing need to close the gap between the operational data and strategic objectives
• D)the fact that BI cannot simply be a technical exercise for the information systems department

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