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Abstract: Cloud computing has become a modern, almost indispensable tool for many businesses. Modern business is in a continuous technological development and online commerce is still growing, and this article provides an overview of how to develop business using BI technologies in Cloud Computing. The article also presents how to work Tableau Software program for collecting and viewing the information needed to make decisions within companies.
Keywords: Tableau Software, e-commerce, software as a service, Bussiness Intelligence, business in cloud
1. Introduction
The online environment is not only used for communication, information transfer or entertainment, but is also a business environment. This factor has led to the development of an entire branch of science called E-commerce or e-commerce.
There are several types of online commerce, including the following:
- Business-to-consumer (B2C): companies or organizations that offer services or products to individual buyers or users, ie individuals (amazon.com).
- Business-To-Business (B2B): this model of e-commerce is composed only of and for organizations (rtcofiice.ro).
- Consumer-to-consumer (C2C): users who sell to other users (ebay.com, olx.ro).
- Consumer-to-business (C2B): Internet users sell the services or products of advertisers (priceline.com).
- Mobile commerce (m-commerce): is characterized by electronic commerce on mobile devices (electromagnetic).
- Government-to-business (G2B): is expressed through electronic commerce between a government institution and legal entities, through the purchase of services, goods or information.
- Government-to-consumer (G2C): Covers the relationship between citizen and government by providing information and providing public services (for example, when a user pays taxes online). [1]
For a more objective approach to the benefits of e-commerce, three categories will be presented: companies, consumers and society. For companies, the benefits are limited to: international expansion; reducing costs for information stored on paper; product modeling on the buyer's need; lower communication costs. The benefits for consumers are: the possibility to buy 24/24 hours, 7/7 days; a wider and more diverse choice, both in terms of price and delivery; relevant and up-to-date information; the possibility to participate in virtual auctions; facilitating competition, which can lead to lower prices. For society, it can be seen how ecommerce can reduce street traffic and reduce air pollution; increases the quality and efficiency of transactions. [2]
2.Cloud computing and Bussiness Intelligence
According to the definition given by the National Institute...