Double-digit growth in thebusiness intelligence (BI)market is
over as the industry enters a state of flux following supplier
consolidation, increasing maturity and price erosion, says analyst
Gartner.
But the market could be saved if suppliers enable
business intelligence to become pervasive among business users,
by making it user-friendly, collaborative and process-driven.
Gartner said worldwide BI growth rates in 2007 were lower than
the previous year, at 12.5%, and will move into single-digits to
£3.5bn by 2011. This will be made up with compound annual growth
rates of 8.6%.
Gartner analyst Dan Sommer said, "Large suppliers will drive
increased usage, while new BI suppliers will emerge introducing
innovative technology and products to demonstrate differentiation,
and to fill the gaps in larger suppliers' product lines."
The acquisitions by Oracle (Hyperion), SAP (Business Objects,
still pending) and IBM (Cognos, still pending) in 2007 were
disrupters for the market, said Gartner.