LinuxWorld Australia: Qld Hospital Admits Open Source BI

"A desire by senior management for real-time reporting has led the Friendly Society Private Hospital in Bundaberg, Queensland, to ditch spreadsheets for an open source, Web-based business intelligence and reporting solution.

"The Friendly Society Private Hospital has been operating for over 60 years, but only in the past few years did it look at its internal systems and realize it needed to harness the disparate information sources in a holistic manner..."

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