"Knowing what happened is no longer
adequate. Leaders need to know what is happening
now, what is likely to happen next and what actions
they should take.”
According to Gartner:
Because of lack of information,
processes, and tools, through 2012, more than 35
percent of the top 5,000 global companies will
regularly fail to make insightful decisions about
significant changes in their business and markets.
By 2012, business units will control
at least 40 percent of the total budget for business
intelligence.
By 2012, one-third of analytic
applications applied to business processes will be
delivered through coarse-grained application mashups