<s>
Business	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
retrieve	O
,	O
analyze	O
,	O
transform	O
and	O
report	O
data	O
for	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
generally	O
read	O
data	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
previously	O
stored	O
,	O
often	O
-	O
though	O
not	O
necessarily	O
-	O
in	O
a	O
data	O
warehouse	O
or	O
data	B-General_Concept
mart	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
comprehensive	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
were	O
developed	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
Siebel	O
(	O
currently	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
)	O
in	O
the	O
period	O
between	O
1970	O
and	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
years	O
after	O
2000	O
,	O
business	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
software	I-Application
producers	O
became	O
interested	O
in	O
producing	O
universally	O
applicable	O
BI	O
systems	O
which	O
do	O
n’t	O
require	O
expensive	O
installation	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
hence	O
be	O
considered	O
by	O
smaller	O
and	O
midmarket	O
businesses	O
which	O
could	O
not	O
afford	O
on	O
premise	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
large	O
success	O
of	O
fully	O
optimized	O
uni-browser	O
versions	O
,	O
vendors	O
have	O
recently	O
begun	O
releasing	O
mobile-specific	O
product	O
applications	O
for	O
both	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
key	O
general	O
categories	O
of	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
applications	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
these	O
tools	O
are	O
provided	O
as	O
standalone	O
applications	O
,	O
suites	O
of	O
applications	O
,	O
components	O
of	O
Enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
systems	O
,	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
or	O
as	O
components	O
of	O
software	O
targeted	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
