The Top 6 On-Demand BI Confusions
I’m a big believer in the future of on-demand BI, and yes, it’s hot. But a lot of the articles promoting on-demand BI don’t always separate fact from self-interested fiction. Here’s my attempt to redress the balance. 1. On-Demand = Subscription Pricing = Mid-Market There are three different axes that are often discussed as if they overlapped: on-premise vs. on-demand perpetual license vs. subscription license enterprise... [Read More...]
How Am I Doing, Really? The Need for Information On Demand
Your business is up over 25% — great news! Or is it? If the economy is also growing at 25%, you’re just keeping pace. And if your nearest competitor is up 50%, you’re losing market share… Despite the millions invested in corporate information systems, what executives really care about isn’t the internal numbers, but how they compare to external benchmarks. They want to keep track of financial numbers (revenue,... [Read More...]
BI As a Service: Ready to Explode?
A post by David Linthicum on the Intelligence Enterprise weblog called “SaaS Explodes…” has statistics on the growth of software as a service in large organizations that can give some hints about the future of BI as a service. It’s a cultural issue I wholeheartedly agree with David’s sentiments: “What’s significant is not that SaaS is growing, but that SaaS is gaining acceptance within businesses... [Read More...]
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