The Latest Trends in the Business Analytics Market

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
  • Demographics
  • Figure: Respondents by Primary Job Function
  • Figure: Respondents by Primary Industry
  • Figure: Respondents by Company Size
• Situation Overview
  • IDC Definition of Business Analytics
  • The Interest and Investment in Business Analytics
  • Figure: Expected Change in Business Analytics Budget in the Next 12 Months
  • Figure: Expected Change in Business Analytics Employees in the Next 12 Months
  • Figure: Reasons for Utilizing External Services Resources for Business Intelligence Project
  • The Next Wave of Business Analytics
    • Market Drivers - More Data, More Frequently, Reaching More Users
    • Figure: Number of Data Warehouse Source Systems
    • Figure: Size of Largest Data Warehouse
    • Figure: Expected Change in the Size of the Data Warehouse in the Next 12 Months
    • Figure: Ability to Refresh Data Warehouses in Real Time
    • Challenges and Shortcomings
    • Table: Success of Specific Business Analytics Projects (% of Respondents)
• Future Outlook
• Figure: Consolidation of Query and Reporting Tools
• Figure: Frequency of Business Intelligence Software Upgrades
• Figure: Interest in Open Source Business Intelligence Software
• Figure: Perceived Change in End-User Negotiation Power
• Figure: Interest in Subscription-Based Business Intelligence Software
• Table: Software Integrated with Corporate Business Intelligence (% of Respondents)
• Essential Guidance
  • Users
  • Vendors
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Appendix: Survey Questions
  • Synopsis