Gartner's 5 predictions for BI in 2009 and beyond

January 16, 2009 from InfoWorld – “Through 2012 more than 35 percent of the largest 5,000 companies will regularly fail to make insightful decisions about significant changes in their business and markets, according to analyst house Gartner…

Gartner's second prediction is that by 2012 business units, rather than IT, will control at least 40 percent of the total budget for BI. The problem here, Gartner wrote, is that "business users have lost confidence in the ability of [IT] to deliver the information they need to make decisions."…

180 View – We don’t know how Gartner arrived at the 1st prediction about companies not making insightful decisions, but it is a huge concern for the decision-makers in any organization. Imagine making decisions while driving your car without a dashboard, poor visibility and running on empty. We think the 2nd prediction has already happened. Initially BI was adopted by IT as a new and powerful technology. Today, financial and operational management are not satisfied with lack of information to make decisions, and recognize BI as the solution. Business is now driving the implementation of BI in both large and mid-sized companies