Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

When you think about business intelligence (BI), the first thing that probably comes to mind is data. However, all of those BI solutions use technology. Discuss the following:

• How does the data mining approach and concept flow to BI solutions and the enterprise level of an organization's information technology (IT) effort? Remember to provide sources and examples to support your response.