Mobility and Usability Drive Business Intelligence Uptake

SOURCE:  Computerworld

The worldwide number of users of business intelligence, analytics and performance management solutions will double by 2014, according to Gartner. This growth is driven by an ongoing revolution in information consumption and usability, says the research firm.

The BI market locally was worth around $57 million in 2010 with a growth rate of 19 percent, says Gartner research director Bhavish Sood. The fastest growing BI sub-segment in New Zealand, analytic applications and performance management, grew 40 percent last year, from $5.9 million in 2009 to $8.2 million in 2010, while the bigger BI platforms market grew 15 percent to $40 million in 2010.

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