Forrester Study: The 6 steps to negotiating a better BI deal [RESEARCH]
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Many business intelligence (BI) vendors do not publish list prices. Some do not even provide list prices under a nondisclosure agreement to their customers and prospects. Plus, BI pricing and licensing models differ greatly from vendor to vendor, keeping many BI software buyers from having a frame of reference when evaluating proposals from BI vendors. Forrester intends to define a common framework. Bime was part of the investigation.
read moreCIO Insight: Business Intelligence & Analytics are Top IT Apps in 2012 [RESEARCH]
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According to a recent survey from SnapLogic, of which over 110 CIOs and other top executives took part, CIOs and other senior technology executives continue to pursue BI, analytics, productivity/collaboration, financial, sales and social media tools, as they strive to integrate IT with their organization’s strategic objectives.
read moreAberdeen Research: A Snapshot of the State of SaaS BI for BI Deployment [RESEARCH]
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Aberdeen Research are one of the research firms that have been following the SaaS Business Intelligence trend for a while now. They recently published a paper which recognizes the fact that the increased adoption of SaaS in the business intelligence field validates that it is increasingly becoming a viable option for BI deployment in all types of organizations. Read on for some interesting stats.
read moreDo You Have a Typical SaaS Adopter Profile? Forrester BI Users Survey [RESEARCH]
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At Bime we have seen a large shift in BI user habits as users discard more traditional forms of BI for more agile and cost-effective solutions. This Forrester survey on BI users allows participants to express their expectations and plans for implementing BI.
read moreGartner Adds Big Data to Its 2011 Hype Cycle [RESEARCH]
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It's that time of year again: Gartner is looking at the "hype cycle" for emerging technologies and trying to decide where technologies should lie in terms of their maturity. It was interesting to see that this year, Gartner is adding big data to the Hype Cycle.
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