It is important to know the history of BI to further understand the topic. The evolution and formation of BI helps us see the changes over the years and appreciate its present form. Starting off as pen and paper, BI has molded into what we see today just like how technology has formed and made its profound mark in the digital world throughout history. We can see various milestones of BI, from slowly forming in the 1950’s in the Digital Era, continuing to take shape in the 1960’s during the computers and databases, officially marking its presence in the 1970’s during the first BI vendors, the birth of data warehouses in 1980, and so on. As BI continues to grow, we can continue to see new and exciting changes.