A Big Cryptographic Boost for On-Demand BI and Extranets?

A recent cryptographic breakthrough made by Craig Gentry that potentially has huge consequences for business intelligence. One of the big problems plaguing the use of on-demand business intelligence has been concerns over data security. As Forbes and others have reported, the new techniques could reassure companies who want to take benefit of cloud computing for analysis (at a cost of massive computing power). As IBM Research VP Charles Lickel notes... [Read More...]

BI Is Indeed Counter-Cyclical: Market Shares

It’s official: according to Gartner, as reported by Mary Hayes Weier in Information Week, business intelligence is indeed counter-cyclical (see earlier post on Why Will 2009 be a Great Year for Business Intelligence). Despite the tough economic climate, BI is growing at a healthy 22%, with SAP/Business Objects leading the pack with 24% of the market, or $2.1 billion in sales last year. Here are the market shares, in Xcelsius: