A More Complete List of 2009 Business Intelligence Predictions?

Following on from previous post on 2009 Business Intelligence Predictions — I missed a few: Marcus Borba: BI Predictions for 2009 More BI Predictions for 2009 Vincent McBurney: 100 BI Predictions for 2009: Cloud is Hot, SOA is Cold and MDM is Irrelevant Vincent put together a great graphic showing the "weight" of different predictions (although I suspect Stephen Few would have a field day with it) Jorgen Heizenberg, Business Intelligence... [Read More...]

The Complete List of 2009 BI Predictions?

Here’s a compiled list of all the articles and blog posts I’ve seen so far that give business intelligence predictions for 2009, with summarized lists of the points. For more information, go to the articles concerned. I’ve also added a couple of business and industry trend overviews that mention business intelligence. I’m sure I’ve missed some others — please don’t hesitate to comment… 2009 Business... [Read More...]

Why Will 2009 be a Great Year for Business Intelligence?

or "Reasons To Be Cheerful if Your Job Involves BI" The Economy is Awful Around the world, governments have drastically slashed their growth estimates for 2009. And according to a recent IDC survey, more than half of us believe that the current economic crisis will last at least a year. Faced with all the mayhem, it’s not surprising that today’s New York Times Op-ed includes the phrase "Let’s not mince words:... [Read More...]

Review of 2008 Predictions: How did I do?

Last February, I chose my top 5 BI predictions for 2008. It’s now almost the end of the year and I’ve started working on 2009 predictions — but before that post, how do last year’s stack up? First, I note that I didn’t really propose anything radical, and most of them are impossible to actually measure, but here goes my subjective assessment — always interested in your disagreements… 1. The BI World Divides... [Read More...]

Top 5 BI Predictions for (the Rest of) 2008

OK, so it’s February, and I’m late to the party (it got busy for a while), but here’s my belated thoughts on the top five BI trends this year. I’ll avoid the standard laundry-list of “BI 2.0″ (or even BI 3.0, sigh) tech trends, and instead concentrate on some of the BI market and customer impacts. 1. The BI World Divides into Three The BI market will now be split into three different types: “megavendors”... [Read More...]