A lack of culture in terms of Competitive Intelligence or in other words competitiveness through
value-added information, often puts them in a position to do serious confusion between
information and intelligence. There is a big difference between a IT-ist and an intelligence
analyst. There aren’t any IT-ists who can make good intelligence analysis as there aren’t any
intelligence analysts who can create good IT programs.
Intelligence in business has it’s origins in the military intelligence activity and was born
over four decades ago in the United States. Some of the big American companies have hired
retired officers from the intelligence services in order to create early warning systems on the
actions of competitors.
Q-intell analysts transform information into usable predictions in decision-making and managing
the company's future. Q-intell works with and for the benefit of 100% private companies,
delivers services only to joint-stock companies or limited liability companies and offers
services exclusively to the business sector.