Analytical portals, their role in running the company and the criteria for their development and operation

The dominant trend of the current corporate information systems is undoubtedly a growing emphasis on information and their quality. But quality is not the only crucial factor. No less important is speed and flexibility of information acquisition. Due to a dynamic environment in which today's corporation must survive, even the high-quality information are very quickly getting older, lose their value and reduce the competitive advantage the company which manages them. This thesis deals with the analytical portals, which significantly improve work with information and are used largely in modern enterprises. The work consists of two main parts, theoretical and practical. Theoretical part tries to explain what exactly the term "analytical portal" means and what is the role of analytical portal in reference to the company management procedures and existing information systems. In addition to this introduction, theoretical part also contains instructions on how to evaluate the analytical portals. This guidance includes both the various aspects of which you can evaluate the portal and the proposal of possible way of processing results, so they could be used for an objective comparison of more competing products. The practical part contains a practical example of evaluation of specific product. This evaluation is based on the basis of the use of specific tool for creating analytical portal as the implementation of demonstration example, as well as the use of theoretical background as defined in the previous section. In addition to a general introduction to the problems of analytical portals, work may also serve as a basis for the creation of a specific methodology for evaluating different products on the market.