From Business Intelligence to Data Science

The use of information technology and decision support concepts at the operational business level were slow to take hold in the 20th century. In 2010, the authors documented the evolution and current state of the field of business intelligence and analytics (BIA). In the last decade, however, through the resurgence and mainstream use of artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, the development of inexpensive cloud-based mass storage, and the internet-of-things, business intelligence has evolved into data science. In this chapter, the authors trace this evolution across the diverse areas of data science and identify extremely useful advancements and best practices in the field.