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2020 Data Pipelines Market Study

Data pipelines are complementary components or capabilities to an organization’s Analytic Data Infrastructure and provide the means to simplify and speed up access to relevant, qualified, and governed analytical content by BI users and use cases. 

This inaugural data pipelines research examines market requirements and priorities for data orchestration, integration and transformations including advanced analytics in the data pipeline workflow.  

Included are over 80 pages of in-depth market analysis, with over 50 charts and tables, and 19 vendor rankings examining the nature of data orchestration, data transformation, and data integration (source and target) for a variety of sources including databases, files, and applications. It also includes cross-tab analysis, where relevant, to explore key differences using the collected demographics.

2020 Analytical Data Infrastructure (ADI) Market Study

Analytical data infrastructure (ADI) defines a set of technology components for integrating, modeling, managing, storing, and accessing the data sets that serve as sources for analytics and business intelligence consumers, including analytic/business applications, tools, and users.

Our fourth annual report examines ADI deployment and licensing priorities, data types, data model/management of data associated with ADI, data preparation and loading priorities, preferences in ADI development and deployment features, as well as ADI interfaces and analytical features.

Included are 125 pages of in-depth market analysis, with over 85 charts and tables, and 13 vendor rankings examining the nature of ADI, exploring user sentiment and perceptions, the nature of current implementations, and plans for the future. It also includes cross-tab analysis, where relevant, to explore key differences using the collected demographics.

2020 Location Intelligence Market Study Report

Location Intelligence is a form of Business Intelligence where the dominant dimension used for analysis is location or geography. Most typically, though not exclusively, analyses are conducted by viewing data points overlaid onto an interactive map interface.

The 2020  Wisdom of Crowds® Location Intelligence market study addresses key Location Intelligence issues, including end user requirements and features, industry support for Location Intelligence, user requirements compared to industry capabilities, and ratings of key vendors with offerings in this space.

Included are 108 pages of in-depth market analysis, with over 80 charts and tables, and 19 vendor rankings examining the nature of Location Intelligence, exploring user sentiment and perceptions, the nature of current implementations, and plans for the future. It also includes cross-tab analysis, where relevant, to explore key differences using the collected demographics.

2020 Cloud Computing & Business Intelligence Market Study Report

How will Cloud Business Intelligence (BI) affect you? Our 9th annual Cloud Computing and BI report can help answer that question! Cloud BI is on the move and developing a plan for your organization is critical!

The 2020 Wisdom of Crowds® Cloud Business Intelligence market study contains everything you need to assess this dynamic market phenomenon with over 100 pages of in-depth market analysis, 73 charts and 19 vendor rankings.

For this year’s cloud business intelligence report, we built upon nine years worth of cloud market data to include many year-over-year comparisons. This, in addition to a number of wholly new analyses, makes it a valuable tool for anyone considering investing in cloud-based BI products and services

2020 Data Preparation Market Study

Data Preparation is a "self service" capability to model, prepare, and combine data prior to analysis. This may complement traditional IT-driven Data Quality/ETL processes or may be used independently.

The sixth annual Wisdom of Crowds® Data Preparation market study addresses key data preparation issues, including end user requirements and features, industry support for data preparation, user requirements compared to industry capabilities, and ratings of key vendors with offerings in this space.

Included are over 100 pages of in-depth market analysis, with 75 charts and tables, and 22 vendor rankings examining the nature of end user data preparation, exploring user sentiment and perceptions, the nature of current implementations, and plans for the future. It also includes cross-tab analysis, where relevant, to explore key differences using the collected demographics.

2019 Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study Report

Embedded Business Intelligence is the technological capability to include BI features and functions as an inherent part of another application.

For this, our seventh Embedded Business Intelligence report, we continue to focus on the requirement to make BI capabilities pervasive by including them as a part of other applications.

Like our other thematic research reports, Embedded BI explores user perceptions and intentions and includes 80 pages of in-depth analysis with 50 charts and tables, and ratings for 15 vendors, making it a valuable tool for anyone considering investing in embedded BI products.

2019 Big Data Analytics Market Study

For 2019 we explore the big data analytics dynamic and compare findings over the course of five years (2015-2019).

For this, our fifth Big Data Analytics Market Study, we continue to focus upon the combination of analytical solutions within the Hadoop ecosystem, adding some new criteria and exploring changing market dynamics and user perceptions and plans.

This report contains over 100 pages of in-depth analysis with over 70 charts, and vendor ratings for 13 vendors and is recommended for anyone considering a big data analytics initiative.

2019 Small and Mid-Sized Performance Management Market Study

This edition is our second small and mid-sized enterprise (SME) performance management market study examining related processes and software usage in small and mid-sized organizations, with an analysis of how their deployments and views differ from each other and from large organizations.

An EPM system allows an organization to plan for the impact of various internal and external factors on its future performance and business outcomes. This includes strategic, operational, and financial planning and forecasting. A small enterprise is a business or organization with between one and 100 employees; a mid-sized enterprise has between 101 and 1,000 employees.

According to the study, mid-sized organizations are very similar to large organizations in their importance ratings for enterprise planning initiatives. Small organizations rate annual financial budgets of noticeably lower importance compared to mid-sized and large organizations. 

This report includes 50 pages of in-depth analysis, including ratings of relevant vendors.

2019 Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study Report

The tenth anniversary edition of the Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study offers a wide array of market and user trending - providing a valuable assessment of the state of the market.

Our research community of users contribute their opinion on topics related to their current and planned usage and are asked to prioritize technologies and initiatives strategic to BI - providing a more well rounded, representative and real world perspective on the market.

The 2019 report includes analyses of adoption and deployment, staffing, budgets, technology, state of data, action on insights, and success with BI, plus a robust industry section.

The report contains over 175 pages of in-depth analysis, including 153 charts and tables, and assessments for 27 vendors.

2019 IT Analytics Market Study Report

IT Analytics is defined as the monitoring and management of information surrounding the Operations of the IT function. Sometimes this is called IT Operations Analysis (ITOA).

The IT function in an organization generates a material amount of Operations data at all times. This data comes from many different operational systems such as physical data centers with their energy and cooling requirements or from hardware systems such as network operations. It may also come from the activities of teams in IT Support operations, or application activity (built by IT or managed by IT).

In this second IT Analytics Survey, the community of respondents in 2019 score the importance of four main areas of IT Analytics: Operations Management, Resource Management, Resource Planning, and Systems Development.

2019 Self-Service Business Intelligence Report

The Self Service BI Market Study represents the latest evolution of our research in this area, which begin in 2012 as an examination of collaborative BI trends. Since that time we have expanded the scope to include important related topics such as data storytelling and governance to provide a rich multi-year portrait of important shifts in the market.

According to the 2019 report, the umbrella topic of self-service is a top-five BI initiative among users, while collaborative support technologies is ranked 14th of 37 topics under study. Collaborative BI continues an uptrend of criticality over time, with an all-time high of 72 percent of respondents indicating that collaborative BI is either critical or very important in 2019. 

The 2019 report contains 94 pages of in-depth research, with over 65 charts and 23 vendor ratings - making this an essential tool for anyone considering self-service BI.

2019 Sales Planning Market Study Report

Sales Planning is defined as the monitoring and management of information surrounding the planning activity of the Sales function. This is sometimes called Revenue Planning.

In this, our second sales planning report, we explore user perceptions, intentions and current use of sales planning including prioritized sales planning features, integration and technologies.

This report includes over 76 pages of analysis, with 47 charts and tables and will be useful for anyone actively considering investing in sales planning solutions.

2019 Small and Mid-sized Enterprise Business Intelligence Market Study

The 2019 Wisdom of Crowds ® Small & Mid-Sized Enterprise Business Intelligence market study examines business intelligence in small and mid-sized organizations. In particular, we consider how their deployments and views differ from each other and from larger organizations.

The report contains over 65 pages of in-depth SME market analysis, with over 25 charts and tables, and 18 vendor rankings.

2019 Data Science and Machine Learning Market Study Report

Data Science and Machine Learning includes statistics, modeling, machine learning, and data mining, to analyze facts to make predictions about future or otherwise unknown events.

Our sixth annual report builds on the previous five years' editions to examine changing user perceptions and plans as well as current and future industry capabilities.

According to the study, advanced initiatives related to data science and machine learning, such as data mining, advanced algorithms, and predictive analytics, are ranked the 8th priority among the 37 technologies and initiatives under study. Business units and IT departments are the likely centers of data science and machine learning oversight, with R&D ownership showing the fastest growth in 2019

The 2019 Wisdom of Crowds® Data Science and Machine Learning market study contains everything you need to assess this dynamic market phenomenon with 110 pages of in-depth market analysis, 79 charts and tables, and 22 vendor ratings.

2019 Enterprise Performance Management Market Study Report

The 2019 Wisdom of Crowds® Enterprise Performance Management Market Study Report provides an in-depth analysis of enterprise performance management market, including perceived importance, adoption trends, deployment options, and current and planned industry capabilities. 

An enterprise performance management system is a key element of performance management. It allows an organization to plan for the impact of various internal and external factors on its future performance and business outcomes. This includes strategic, operational, and financial planning and forecasting. EPM systems also include reporting and analytics capabilities that allow organizations to set goals and objectives and monitor performance against those objectives. 

Included are over 85 pages of in-depth market analysis, with over 50 charts and tables, and 13 vendor rankings - examining the nature of enterprise planning, exploring user sentiment and perceptions, the nature of current implementations, and plans for the future. It also includes cross-tab analysis, where relevant, to explore key differences using the collected demographics.

2019 Data Catalog Market Study Report

Data catalog focuses upon the user requirement to locate and leverage metadata, data, models and data elements within an organization – for the purposes of analysis within business intelligence solutions. Features include both governance and collaborative capabilities.

The third annual data catalog report includes 64 pages of in-depth analysis, with 40 charts and industry ratings for 21 vendors.

2019 Business Intelligence Competency Center Market Study Report

The sixth annual Business Intelligence Competency Center Market Study, a part of the Wisdom of Crowds series of research, examines the goals, resources, success rates, and funding methods of the Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC), a cross-functional group charged with defining, delivering, documenting, and promoting best-practice business intelligence (BI) solutions throughout the organization.

The report addresses a wide range of BICC topics including reporting structure, funding models, current and future budgets, staffing and skills, activities, etc.

Included are over 90 pages of analysis, over 65 charts and 16 vendor ratings in two industry models.

This report will be especially useful for existing BI competency centers or any organizations planning to establish one.

2019 IoT Intelligence Report

Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity to enable objects to collect and exchange data.

This marks our fifth IoT Intelligence® market study report. In it we review interest and demand for business intelligence in an IoT world. We also examine key related technologies such as location intelligence, end user data preparation, cloud computing, advanced and predictive analytics, and big data analytics.

This report contains over 90 pages of analysis with over 70 charts and ratings for 15 vendors.