Open Source Business Intelligence Platforms' Assessment using OSSpal Methodology

The knowledge that can be acquired from existing data in organizations is critical to increasing organizations competitive advantage in today's changing markets. The use of Business Intelligence (BI) platforms is an effective choice in support of decision-making. BI platforms are a major asset for any enterprise, as they have multiple benefits, such as efficient use of resources, identification of business opportunities and negative trends that become a competitive advantage. Open source BI platforms provide most of the functionalities available in commercial solutions without increasing costs for enterprises. However, it is important to know which open source BI platform to choose. In this paper, it is used OSSpal, an open source assessment methodology to evaluate two of the most popular open source BI platforms: Knowage and Pentaho.