Qlikview is a business intelligence tool that was founded in Sweden in 1993. It allows for interactive data exploration and visualization. The document discusses Qlikview's history and compares it to other BI tools, noting that Qlikview is more user-driven and intuitive. It also covers career opportunities with Qlikview, its architecture and components, how major companies use it, and provides a demo of its associative experience and in-memory technology.