Deep into Data Analysis

 
Hello Friends.


Since our last posting, we've been busy sorting through data and have now begun the analysis and documentation phase for the 3rd annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ®!


We expect to begin releasing the findings to enterprise licensees mid May and will distribute to qualified study participants during the month of June. 


During Q3 we will also publish two new market reports on Cloud Business Intelligence and Collaborative Business Intelligence.


Here are the final demographics for the study:

Best,


Howard

Wisdom of Crowds TM Business Intelligence Market Study Update

Hello Folks!

We're only three weeks away from the end of data collection for the 3rd annual Wisdom of Crowds TM Business Intelligence Market Study.

Data collection will end on April 2, 2012 at 5PM ET. So, if you have not yet completed a survey, please click on this link now!

Here are some of the study demographics to date:

Geographies: To date, the study has the largest contribution from North America with 56% and EMEA contributing 26%. We are already seeing stronger participation from both Latin America and APAC this year.




Functions: As with last year, we see an almost even split between the IT and business functions. This balance will help us to compare and contrast attitudes and plans between the two groups:



Size of Company: So far this year we've had a groundswell of responses from smaller organizations, creating an interesting mix of small, medium and large companies.



As we get closer to the completion of data collection, we'll post additional updates to our progress.

Remember, qualified user participants receive a complimentary copy of the study findings!

Click here to complete the survey now!

Best,

Howard

Early Insight from Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ®

As we enter our second week of data collection for the third annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ® - I thought I might share an early insight from data collected this far.

Data collection continues until April 2, 2012.

>>> Please click here to take the survey <<<

As this chart indicates, to date, only a minority of respondents "completely agree" with the following statement: "My organization considers our Business Intelligence initiatives a success."

Here are some of the great comments that respondents shared to explain why they have or have not been successful with Business Intelligence:

"We were very successful with Product X. Then - Product Y came in."

"In midst of major reorg. Have nice success stories from before but not much has happened since. BI is not well aligned anymore."

"Great results & benefits to small group. BI is not yet pervasive. Not sophisticated enough to leverage all opportunities presented by BI"

"Started bottom-up. First integrated BI at operational level for process improvement & worked up to higher analytics"

"The organization is planning on expanding - small steps we have taken beginning to be noticed at different levels of org."

Too heavily concentrated around IT not enough around Business"

"Not enough IT resources to meet the demand from business users."

"Many of our BI projects are still focused on one department's needs and not total firm's needs."

We'll continue to share insights throughout data collection process. However, much more data will be needed before we can publish results later this year. So, we ask you to help out by please adding your voice today!

>>> Please click here to take the survey <<<

Thanks!!

Best,

Howard

Third Annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ® Now Open for Input!

Hello Folks!

I am pleased to announce that the survey process for the 3rd annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ® is now officially open for input!

Like last year, you'll have an opportunity to evaluate your Business Intelligence software vendors on 32 essential criteria, plus a new "Integrity" measure.

And, this year we've expanded the study to cover a wide range of important Business Intelligence issues, including Collaborative BI and Cloud BI.

As always, qualified participants will receive a copy of the study findings.

This study is NOT sponsored by vendors or anyone else. It is intended to provide an objective view into the market and reflect the experience and opinions of Business Intelligence users. And, none of your detailed data will be shared with any outside parties!

Please use this link to contribute to this important body of research!

Thank you in advance!

Best,

Howard Dresner
Chief Research Officer
Dresner Advisory Services

Listed Vendors for 2012 Wisdom of Crowds BI Market Study ®

Hello All!

Respondents to our Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ® are able to report on any BI vendor they like. However, we provide a list of vendors that they can select from, as well as an "other" option.

Here's our current (updated) list of vendors for the upcoming study:

Actuate Alteryx Arcplan Birst Datawatch Dimensional Insight Domo (Corda) Entrinsik Good Data IBM/Cognos/SPSS Infor Information Builders (IBI)	IntuitiveBI Jackbe Jaspersoft Jedox/Palo Klipfolio LogiXML Lyzasoft Microsoft Microstrategy Oracle Panorama Pentaho	PivotLink Qliktech Quiterian Roambi (MeLLmo) SAP/Business Objects SAS Institute SiSense Tableau Tibco/Spotfire Yellowfin
Other (please specify)

If there are additional vendors that you think we should add to our list, let us know!

Best,

Howard

Third Annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ®

Hello Folks and Happy New Year!

A new year promises fresh beginnings and signals the advent of the next Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ® cycle!

Having started in earnest in 2010, this will be our third comprehensive study of the BI marketplace - and our most ambitious to date!

We're in the process of developing and finalizing the survey instrument now and expect to start data collection within weeks.

Check back here often for updates to schedule and our progress.

All the best for a successful 2012!

Howard

December Newsletter

As we get ready for the holidays and prepare to welcome 2012, I want to share some of the exciting things happening at Dresner Advisory Services!

Research:

Our Third Mobile Business Intelligence Study has been completed and was published on October 31st! For this edition we were able to leverage our 2010 Mobile BI data to create some compelling year-over-year comparisons and contrasts! We've also included a Mobile BI buyers guide with side-by-side profiles for twenty-four vendors, with their current Mobile BI capabilities and plans for the next two years!

For those that participated in the Mobile BI Study, you'll be receiving instructions soon for accessing your complimentary research findings. For all others, we have posted this study, along with the rest of our research on our member site (see below).

In January we'll "kick off" our third annual Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study ® research project, where you'll be able to rate your favorite (or not so favorite) Business Intelligence vendor! This year we're adding a 33rd measure: "Vendor Integrity"! Look for upcoming information regarding your participation. Remember, all qualified user participants receive a complimentary copy of the research findings!

BusinessIntelligenceInsider.com

Our member site BusinessIntelligenceInsider.com, is six months old and membership continues to grow steadily. This site is designed for Business Intelligence professionals seeking resources to help achieve best practice BI. It's here that we host all of our research reports, buyer's guides, customer podcasts, interactive data applications, webinars, recorded seminars and weekly #BIWisdom TweetChats. And, we're adding new content all the time.

New research content this month includes our 3rd Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study Findings Report and a Special Report on Tableau Software. Additional upcoming Special Reports will include Actuate, Information Builders and Oracle.

Recent customer podcasts include : Bruce Yen of GUESS discussing "infrastructure" for Mobile BI and veteran BI expert Chuck Hooper (BIAlytics) with how to create killer KPIs.

Membership is just 199 dollars per month. Please visit the site www.businessintelligenceinsider.com for more details.


Weekly TweetChat

Each week I facilitate a weekly Twitter TweetChat focused on Business Intelligence. It takes place every Friday at 1:00 PM Eastern and covers a wide range of topics. Participants include users, IT professionals, practitioners, other industry analysts and even a few vendors.

Recent topics included: the future of Business Intelligence, Social BI and several HBS-style case studies. Our latest objective is to offer a "clinic" (of a sorts) for user organizations seeking to leverage the #BIWisdom expertise bank. Please let us know if you'd like to serve as the subject at one of these sessions.

An outgrowth of this forum has been my #FutureBI Working Group, comprised of 10 regular TweetChat participants, or "tribe members" as they like to call themselves. We have been meeting (virtually) for the past several weeks and are developing some scenarios to help anticipate and articulate the evolution of BI. More on this as we make progress.

I encourage you to participate - or at least listen in. The "hashtag" is #BIWisdom.

Press Coverage:

Over the course of the past month, we've received some great coverage in the trade press. Here are some of the articles:


Six Recommendations for Implementing Business Intelligence Solutions - Sandhill.com December 5, 2011

Salesforce Makes Mobile Move - EnterpriseAppsToday - December 5, 2011
Survey spotlights mobile business intelligence as top priority - SearchBusinessAnalytics - December 2, 2011
Business Intelligence is Going Mobile - EnterpriseAppsToday - November 28, 2011
Mobile Business Intelligence Goes Mainstream - Datamation - November 16, 2011
Editor's Note: Endings, Beginnings and The Path Along the Way - Information Management - November 10, 2011
Snapshot on The Importance of Mobile BI - Information Management - November 10, 2011

Website Makeover

This past month we launched our new and improved howarddresner.com website. This site serves as a resource for all things related to Dresner Advisory Services and me, Howard Dresner. In it you'll find recent articles, events where I'll be presenting, my Twitter feed, and other important links. Take a look and let us know what you think.

Thanks for your ongoing support!

Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!

All the best,



Howard