Now in its seventh year, the ITWeb BI 2008 Survey was more relevant from a user experience perspective than in previous years, with more questions relating to their preferences, usages and expectations.
The sample consisted of 178 valid respondents, 26.4% of which are in the IT industry.
"2007 was the year of market consolidation," said ITWeb Event's programme director Mariette du Plessis. "There is no doubt that the consolidations that occurred last year will affect decisions this year."
SAP, IBM and Oracle were the three biggest market consolidation players in the BI space in 2007, according to Du Plessis.
"Furthermore, Business Objects, IBM, Informatica and Sybase all released new versions of their data integration and data quality suites last year."
According to survey results, 33% of respondents see last year's consolidation as having a negative future impact on the BI space, some of the top reasons being a growing monopoly and an increased lack of choice.
However, 30% of respondents believe the consolidation will have a positive impact on the industry, as better integration is possible.
"According to analysts," said Du Plessis, "while the bigger guys will continue to be involved with upgrades and consolidation, the smaller niche players will be driving the innovation in this space."
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