BAM bolsters data visibility.(business activity monitoring)

The lines between data and process integration are blurring as vendors link traditional business intelligence with enterprise application integration. BI and EAI vendors are tying message feeds with analytics to provide real-time visibility through BAM (business activity monitoring), an emerging technology that provide access to critical business performance indicators.

For example, the new version of Business Objects' BI suite, BusinessObjectsEnterprise 6, enables organizations to track, analyze, and manage enterprise performance. The suite includes analytics, a BI platform, and data-integration software. It was slated to be generally available in the middle of this …