[SlideShare] The history of business intelligence software - as it was (the past)
Using data to make decisions has evolved since the 1800s when English social reformer and statistician, Florence Nightingale pioneered the use of applied statistics and created visual ways to display data. In part one of this three part series, we present in pictures the early days of 'business intelligence'.
Click through the SlideShare below to walk through the history of business intelligence .
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