Data warehousingandbusiness intelligence softwareis
being increasingly used by businesses, says research commissioned
by software procurement firm theEvaluation
Centre.
The use of
data warehousing and
business intelligence software has now assumed a high profile
in many organisations, says the research, with 66% of senior
managers seeing it as "very critical" or "critical" to their
decision-making process.
This is reflected in the fact that 67% of organisations are
planning to extend the scope of their data warehousing activities
to new functional areas, while 64% will be further exploiting the
use of their existing information.
A further 53% will be expanding the use of these systems to new
users, said the research, which surveyed 100 firms.