Depending upon the answer, the system will e-mail, page or call you. Before that can happen, technologists must solve the interoperability issue. Just as America Online IM users can't communicate with people on other services, there's no universal way to announce someone's presence on the Net. But the IETF process of turning a draft specification into an established protocol can take years. No, it's not an oxymoron.
Business intelligence is the latest step in the evolutionary development of corporate data tools.
But business intelligence software might show her a wholly unexpected correlation between, say, her advertisement for the Oprah Winfrey opus and sales of fishing guidebooks. Business-intelligence technology has already spawned some fierce competition. An AOL Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.