Analysts predict on-demand business intelligence will outpace on-premise applications this year
Mounting evidence suggests that in 2010, the hottest segment in BI (business intelligence) software will revolve around offerings delivered from the cloud, thanks to increased product sophistication, strained IT budgets and other factors.
A new IDC report finds the SaaS BI market will experience triple the growth of the market overall, soaring at a compound annual growth rate of 22.4 percent through 2013, although actual revenue totals will remain small compared to on-premise BI applications.
There are plenty of good reasons to adopt SaaS (software as a service) BI, according to a new report from Forrester Research.
Read the full article by Chris Kanaracus (IDG News Service)
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Great article to read.
