Hans Peter Luhn coins 'Business Intelligence'
IBM researcher Hans Peter Luhn publishes 'A Business Intelligence System,' outlining an automated approach to information dissemination within organizations.
Significance
This paper laid the conceptual groundwork for what would much later become the modern BI software category, defining the term and its purpose.
Key facts
- Date
- 1958-10-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- Yorktown Heights, New York, USA (IBM Research Center)