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April 5, 2007
On-Demand BI market is heating up!
Two pieces of news happened in March that validate the growing importance of on-demand BI. First, LucidEra finally launched its software-as-a-service BI offering, after a year-long beta period. Second, digital marketing agency iCrossing acquired Sharp Analytics, which provides Web-based, on-demand BI solution aimed at marketers and advertising agencies.
I think we will see more announcements like these in coming months, as on-demand BI becomes more pervasive in the industry. In fact, on-demand BI announcements like these suggest that BI is one step closer to being available to the masses, not just to big companies with large budgets. And because most on-demand BI tools come with easy-to-use dashboards, BI should also become more pervasive throughout these companies, with new types of users getting access to key business information for the first time. It is about time employees who have had no access to BI information (80% or more in some estimates) got the keys to the castle.
Posted by Diaz Nesamoney at April 5, 2007 11:00 AM
