This third prediction follows my last two blog posts, which described BI vendor consolidation and technology shifts as the first two predictions for 2009.   
My premise for prediction number three is that the Besieged CIO will come under increasing strategy and cost pressure - and continue to look for capable, low cost alternatives wherever they [...]

My first prediction (previous blog post) explained the continuing effects that major BI vendor consolidation will have in this coming year (and beyond).   My premise is that those massive BI vendors with numerous and aged software architectures will have difficulty innovating and, therefore, new BI sub-markets will be forged (pun intended) by the younger, more [...]

My last post introduced four major BI market trends that, I believe, will create dramatic change in the coming year.  This post will examine the first of these trends . . . and the one that is arguably the most obvious:  Vendor Consolidation.  During 2007, three major Business Intelligence vendors – Hyperion, Cognos and Business [...]

Well, it’s that time of the year when anyone who cares to cast an eye forward has the chance to make predictions for what might happen in the year ahead.   Having always been a wanna-be futurist, in my next four blog entries I will describe four important trends that I believe are sure to have [...]