-- 32% of BIC organizations report a direct impact on revenue through
increasing the number of people in the organization with relevant IT/BI
skill-sets. This is more than twice the rate of industry average companies
(15%), and four times the rate of laggards (8%).
-- 39% of BIC companies deliver actionable information to a majority of
stakeholders via a self-service environment. This is almost twice the rate
of average (22%) and three times the rate of laggard companies (13%).
-- 16% of BIC companies currently use BI software applications accessed
through a 3rd-party (Software as a Service, Hosted, On-Demand, hosted
appliance, etc). This is twice the rate of industry average and laggard
companies.
"Organizations are facing pressure to deliver actionable information to the
enterprise that is timely and effective toward meeting business goals. This
requires that companies have access to the information, the ability to
combine, aggregate and integrate the information, and then deliver it to
people when, where and how they need it. The BI (user) and IT (technical)
skill sets that are required to meet this demand are in limited supply.
This has resulted in projects that are delayed, over-budget, and are often
lacking the data and information necessary to meet business goals. This has
catalyzed the emergence of a variety of options from both new and
entrenched vendors. Our research has tested how organizations are
approaching the growing demand for BI across the enterprise. BI vendors and
consulting firms are aligning themselves to address this opportunity," said
David Hatch, Research Director of Aberdeen's Business Intelligence
Practice.
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