Explain the difference between business intelligence and business analytics, and explain why they are important to an organization.?

What will be an ideal response?

?Business intelligence includes a wide range of applications, practices, and technologies for the extraction, transformation, integration, visualization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data to support improved decision making. Business analytics refers to the use of data and quantitative analysis to support fact-based decision making within organizations. Students' answers should reflect their understanding that in today's economy, the availability and effective use of data allows organizations to make smarter decisions regarding all aspects of the organization's functioning, from production and sales to operations and supply chain management.