<s>
An	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
information	I-Application
management	I-Application
that	O
combines	O
business	B-Application
rule	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
prescriptive	O
analytics	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
unified	O
information	O
access	O
platform	O
that	O
provides	O
real-time	O
intelligence	O
through	O
search	B-Application
technologies	I-Application
,	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
and/or	O
existing	O
business	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intelligence	B-General_Concept
Engines	I-General_Concept
are	O
process	O
and/or	O
business	O
problem	O
specific	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
industry	O
and/or	O
function-specific	O
marketing	O
trademarks	O
associated	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
be	O
differentiated	O
from	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
software	O
in	O
that	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
include	O
organization-level	O
business	O
rules	O
and	O
proactive	O
decision	O
management	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
application	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
introduced	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Sonus	O
Networks	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
their	O
patent	O
US6961334	O
B1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applied	O
to	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
telecommunications	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
queried	O
by	O
a	O
data	O
distributor	O
layer	O
,	O
received	O
by	O
a	O
telephony	O
management	O
layer	O
and	O
acted	O
upon	O
by	O
a	O
facility	O
management	O
command	O
&	O
control	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
combined	O
standalone	O
business	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
tools	I-Application
like	O
a	O
data	O
warehouse	O
,	O
reporting	O
and	O
querying	O
software	O
and	O
a	O
decision	B-Application
support	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
was	O
reinforced	O
in	O
2002	O
in	O
patent	O
application	O
US20030236689	O
A1	O
which	O
applied	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
quantitative	O
models	O
to	O
data	O
and	O
used	O
rules	O
to	O
correlate	O
context	O
data	O
at	O
different	O
stages	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
process	O
with	O
business	O
process	O
outcomes	O
to	O
be	O
presented	O
to	O
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LogRhythm	O
Inc	O
.	O
advanced	O
the	O
concept	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
adding	O
event	O
managers	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engine	I-General_Concept
's	O
process	O
to	O
determine	O
reporting	O
,	O
remediation	O
and	O
other	O
outcomes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
professional	O
service	O
company	O
KPMG	O
continued	O
to	O
advance	O
the	O
concept	O
by	O
commercializing	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Third	O
Party	O
Intelligence	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
differentiated	O
from	O
past	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
in	O
its	O
increased	O
use	O
of	O
embedded	O
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
diversity	O
of	O
global	O
data	O
inputs	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
to	O
mitigate	O
risk	O
and	O
yield	O
cost	O
savings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
combines	O
human	O
intelligence	O
,	O
data	O
inputs	O
,	O
automated	B-General_Concept
decision-making	I-General_Concept
and	O
unified	O
information	O
access	O
,	O
intelligence	B-General_Concept
engines	I-General_Concept
are	O
an	O
advancement	O
in	O
business	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
tools	I-Application
because	O
they	O
:	O
</s>
