Affecto Corporate IQ Oslo

I attended the Affecto Corporate IQ 2011 event this morning, in Oslo, Norway, in the Thon Hotel overlooking the spectacular Opera House. The theme of the conference was “Revolution”, and was kicked off by Håvard Ellefsen, the CEO of Affecto in Norway. Morning Keynote I gave the opening keynote, on the “Big Leap Forward”. As usual here are the slides for download, in Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat format. During the rest... [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:

Gartner BI Europe 2009: The BIg Discrepancy?

The official theme of the Gartner BI Summit Europe a couple of weeks ago was "the BIg discrepancy": the long-standing gap between our business intelligence / performance management aspirations and the reality of most organizations today. This is my subjective summary of the themes I heard most about during the conference. Star Schema 2.0 rock! Successful BI requires a BI strategy BI governance is evolving Megavendors dominate SAP... [Read More...]

Star Schema — The Band?!

The best band made up of professional business intelligence analysts EVER… Warning, genuine fan bootleg: poor video and sound quality… This is from their infamous London ’06 gig.   Andy "Mr Intelligence" Bitterer Nigel "Mr. Performance" Rayner And finally…. Frank "Mr KPIs" Buytendijk   You can see more information about the band here. Sadly, Frank went off to do some solo projects,... [Read More...]

Will Business Objects Still be at Gartner BI Europe?

Of course! Just remember to look under "SAP". Gartner will be hosting their European BI Summit in the Hague in the Netherlands this year from January 20-22. The theme of the conference is "The Big Discrepancy", which is all about the fact that European BI Summit costs twice as much as the US one — around $4350 (with tax) compared to $2095 for the BI Summit in Washington in March (the official reply so far: "I have nothing... [Read More...]

Putting the ‘Business’ back into Business Intelligence

In the What’s in a Name post, I wrote about an opportunity to update the “business intelligence” term. Gartner has been thinking about the same thing. It’s the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit this week, and in an Intelligent Enterprise article, Bill Hostman talks about the key trends and themes from the event: Bill Hostmann “We’ve started to get away from the term ‘BI’ because we want... [Read More...]