Calling All Business Intelligence Users: Make Your Voice Heard in The BI Survey from BARC.The BI Survey by Nigel Pendse Nigel Pendse is OLAP analyst and the lead person responsible of The OLAP Report and The OLAP Survey, and is an advisor and speaker on a variety of OLAP related subjects. Previously, he had worked both as a user and then in a variety of roles as a salesperson of business is now underway LONDON London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. -- The BI Survey is the annual wake-up call to the business intelligence (BI) community: it tests popular preconceptions, exposes vendor hype hype 1 Slang n. 1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion: the hype surrounding the murder trial. 2. , and shows that size isn't is·n't Contraction of is not. isn't is not isn't be everything when it comes to a successful BI implementation. "Unlike most other industry surveys, The BI Survey is neither sponsored nor influenced by vendors," explains author, Nigel Pendse. "The questions we ask are designed to produce findings useful to users, not to suit the vendors. For example, the Survey enables us to identify the factors that contribute to the most successful implementations. It also establishes which products are the strongest (and weakest) across numerous criteria, which deliver the most business benefits and which attract the highest (and lowest) levels of customer loyalty." With over 2700 respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. last year, The BI Survey is the world's largest vendor-independent survey of BI usage. The Survey focuses on the selection process, implementation cycle, deployment characteristics, problems, user experiences and business success achieved. Each year, the results form the basis for extensive analysis and commentary by Nigel Pendse, published by BARC in a 400-page report. "We improve and extend this Survey every year, and now have an immense amount of real-world data about the highs and lows of BI deployments," Pendse continues. "Back in 2001, company politics and poor quality data were the most commonly reported problems encountered in BI implementations. Since then, we have seen a shift towards technical issues, particularly query To interrogate a collection of data such as records in a database. The term may also be used to search a single file or collection of files such as HTML files on the Web. However, in addition to obtaining lists of records that match the search criteria, queries to a database allow for performance, causing more problems." All BI software users, both business and technical, as well as vendors and consultants, are encouraged to take part in The BI Survey. Participants will receive a 30-page summary of the results and are entered into a prize draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon Amazon, in Greek mythology Amazon (ăm`əzŏn), in Greek mythology, one of a tribe of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor. vouchers. To participate in The BI Survey, visit: http://www.eu-survey.com/BI_8/BI.asp?lan=1&lin=83 Business Application Research Center (BARC) is a leading independent software industry analyst providing product evaluations, conferences, market research and consulting to customers worldwide. Nigel Pendse is the author of The BI Survey and edits The OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. Report. He is an independent industry analyst and speaker on a variety of OLAP and BI-related subjects. |
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