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Article: Three routes to EIS: mainframe, PC, pieces. (executive information systems)
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- Software Magazine
- Article date:
- October 1, 1991
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So much information, so little time to digest it.
That's the dilemma facing corporate decision-makers who must not only manage day-to-day operations, but also anticipate problems and set strategies for the future. The information required to make those decisions may be found in mainframe databases and financial reporting programs, PC spreadsheets and databases, paper files and the noncomputer memories of key individuals.
Beginning in the 1980s, companies began looking to executive information systems (EIS) to consolidate and present this information. While optimistic initial market projections were less than fulfilled, and some players emerged and then ...