The aim of Business Intelligence is the provision of information about Business Operations, which leads to support the decision-making.
Mostly Business Intelligence collects the input from Data Warehouse.
Typical Business Intelligence Tools are amongst others:
SAP Website, “SAP NetWeaver BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE”, web. 09.05.2012. http://www.sap.com/germany/plattform/netweaver/components/businessintelligence/index.epx