Calling All Business Intelligence Users: Make Your Voice Heard in The BI Survey from BARC

Business Wire,  July 1, 2008  

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The BI Survey by Nigel Pendse is now underway

LONDON -- The BI Survey is the annual wake-up call to the business intelligence (BI) community: it tests popular preconceptions, exposes vendor hype, and shows that size isn't 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 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 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 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 Report. He is an independent industry analyst and speaker on a variety of OLAP and BI-related subjects.

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