Information Management - Focus Business Intelligence 2010

Trends in BI Adoption

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ON BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

;e value of business intelligence has been well understood for decades, but penetration within the organization still remains relatively low, according to the “Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study” from Dresner Advisory Services, LLC. ;e study found that 60 percent of the largest respondent organizations have less than 10 percent user penetration of BI tools.

;e largest deployments of BI solutions are
found in Western countries, very large enter-
prises and in certain key industries. In spite of
crete groups of users. With the trend apparently
favoring smaller deployments over time, many
organizations will likely see their numbers of BI
tools increase.

;e study also found that functional alignment within organizations for BI continues to shift, with business influence taking hold most noticeably in North America. Finance influence remains strong in all geographies, and the IT department appears to be growing in influence outside of North America.

Survey respondents were IT (61 percent) and business users (39 percent) in organizations of all sizes worldwide, but the majority of respondents were from North America.