A Business Intelligence platform (BI Suite, BI management system) is a BI environament which is integrated, self-contained (doesn't need any other external applications to work) and complete. The BI platform's engine should have an ability to query databases using SQL (relational) and MDX (multidimensional).
Typically a BI suite provides the following major functional BI components:

• Static, Operational Reporting
• Dynamic Ad-Hoc Querying (OLAP)
• Dashboards
• A BI portal based on a common repository
• Might be closely integrated with ETL engine

Business Intelligence Platforms - BITool software

• Qlik BI
• Tableau BI
• Microsoft Power BI
• TARGIT BI Suite
• Jaspersoft Open Source Business Intelligence Suite
• Pentaho Open Source BI
• TIBCO Spotfire
• Panorama Software NovaView
• ActuateOne
• Microsoft Business Intelligence
• Information Builders WebFOCUS
• MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
• Oracle Business Intelligence
• SAS Business Intelligence
• SAP Netweaver BI
• SAP BI BusinessObjects
• IBM Cognos

Links related to Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence software directory - http://www.bi-dw.info
An independent Business Intelligence and Data warehousing directory which provides links, articles and information about Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, ETL process and Data Integration

Business Intelligence platforms evaluation - http://dashboardspy.com/dashboards/...
12 Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms Evaluated by Forrester. Provides a Q2 2008 BI platforms diagram and a detailed description of evaluation criteria.