BI growth slowing

Business intelligence (BI) software is the top technology priority for the third year running, according to analyst Gartner - but growth is slowing, says MC Solutions.

The 2008 Gartner Executive Programs survey of 1 500 CIOs reveals IT leaders are now well aware that it's the foundation for accomplishing many other priorities, such as customer service improvement and modernising legacy applications.

"The days of strong double-digit growth in the global BI market are over, as the industry enters a state of flux following vendor consolidation, increasing maturity and price erosion," says Bhavish Sood, Gartner senior research analyst.

JasperSoft, open source BI provider, has announced company milestones that demonstrate its position as the world's most widely-deployed business intelligence software suite, says Earth Times.

The company reports more than 80 000 deployments worldwide and boasts the largest open source BI community, with more than 65 000 registered developers cooperating on more than 300 Jasper-related projects.

Working with its partners, JasperSoft has extended its reach into key segments of the open source and SaaS markets through distribution and technology partnerships with companies such as Ingres, MySQL, salesforce.com and Sun Microsystems.

University of Warwick has selected BI specialist Morgan Benjamin for Cognos enhancement, edu Bourse.

With the help of Benjamin, the University of Warwick recently upgraded to the latest version of Cognos BI, which it initially installed over 18 months ago.

The University of Warwick, established in the mid-1960s, is now one of the UK's leading research universities - it is also cutting-edge in its use of BI technology.