Some of the standard Business Intelligence tools in the market According to there performance 

1)MICROSTRATEGY 

2)BUSINESS OBJECTS,CRYSTAL REPORTS 

3)COGNOS REPORT NET 

4)MS-OLAP SERVICES

A universe is a business-oriented mapping of the data structure found in databases: tables, columns, joins, etc. It can represent any specific application, system, or group of users. For example, a universe can relate to a department in a company such as marketing or accounting.

In the BusinessObjects User module, universes enable end users to build queries from which they can generate and perform analysis.

- SQL Server Integration Services:- Used for data transformation and creation. Used in data acquisition form a source system.

- SQL Server Analysis Services: Allows data discovery using data mining. Using business logic it supports data enhancement.

- SQL Server Reporting Services:- Used for Data presentation and distribution access. 

Customer Satisfaction, Problem Resolution, Loyalty & Customer Value, Up-sell & Cross-sell, Customer Churn, Customer Segmentation, Cost Control, Revenue & Profitability, Performance Management, Outage / Downtime, Defect, Marketing Effectiveness, Collections are some of the examples of BI initiatives.

Companies across all the industries like Manufacturing, BFSI, Retail, Service, Telecom, ITES, Pharma & Healthcare, Infrastructure & Construction, Automotive, Education, Government, Public Sector, etc. can benefit from BI.

Most companies grasp the potential value of successful business intelligence applications. However, a common challenge that IT professionals encounter is how to find successful BI application that are adopted by users and make a positive impact on the organization and on the bottom line. It can be difficult to structure effective BI project teams, select the right BI application, manage business-IT communications and measure BI success. BI is robust application, developing and optimizing successful BI application is always a challenge which involves structuring BI teams and managing business-IT communication.

Yes. Business Intelligence (BI) solution like 1KEY is designed to interoperate with data that exists in virtually any enterprise data source, such as Oracle, IBM DB2, or Sybase. For example, you can use SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services to run reports on data stored in an Oracle database. Also, SQL Server 2005 Integration Services can be used to extract data to or from any OLEDB data source. 1KEY can connect to multiple database, multiple applications like ERP, CRM, SCM, HRM, financial accounting or any other core transactional application (SAP, Orracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel, QAD MFG/Pro, Microsoft Dynamics, Navision, Ramco, Tally.ERP)

SSIS, SSAS and SSRS are the most important reporting systems that BI professionals work with. On a detailed level, I have worked with data mining, master data management, data profiling and data cleansing and analysis.