Business intelligence as a service for Cloud-based applications

Cloud computing is one of the major IT trends and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions are among of the top business applications wanted in the Cloud. Based on this demand, it is shown that BI solutions currently offered in the Cloud are missing important integration aspects. The paper illustrates how a fully integrated Cloud based BI solution can work incorporated into other Cloud based applications. The technical concept shows how the needed interface can be provided and gives an example.