Researching which tools to use is, depending on the size of the organization, an architecture role. Usually that's filled by people with a lot more than 2.5 years of experience. You can do fill similar roles in smaller organizations, but, the nature of smaller organizations is that you'll be expected to fill a bunch of other roles too. You'll be the architect, yes, but you'll also be the administrator, the developer, and you might be responsible for sweeping the floor. With only 2.5 years of experience, I'd say that you're still in the "take any IT job that will pay me money" category. You can afford to pick & choose some, but not much. You don't have enough cumulative experience yet. If you do want to continue focusing on Business Intelligence and reporting, I would strongly suggest you track down more up to date tools as was already suggested.