When it comes to business intelligence (BI), there’s no time like … the future. That’s because – despite the staggering value that it has delivered across every major industry over the past 18 years – the best days for BI may just lie ahead. In its most recent analysis, IDC predicted a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent – heady growth for an enterprise software category that has seen such broad adoption and has
been viewed in some quarters as “mature.”

What’s driving the impressive and sustained interest in BI? Perhaps the greatest overarching factor is simply the universally acknowledged truth: Data volumes are growing relentlessly. Investments in enterprise applications have created massive stores of data that contain strategic insights for organizations that can unlock that potential.

Philosophically, many businesses are also recognizing that broader deployments and wider adoption of BI – in both process-oriented and strategic contexts – can ratchet their returns further. Previously, BI was a department initiative for specialists. Today, it’s a pervasive business tool available to everyone, from call-center reps to middle managers and senior executives who have access to more powerful sets of analytics, interfaces and tools. Read More...

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