The cycle of IT spending has worked its way through cycles of communications, security, and cost control, taking care of the fundamental IT infrastructure. The next stage of the cycle saw business seek out solutions to help the business grow; including Business Process Improvement and BI solutions. Successful organisations recognised that incorporating BI into their [...]

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We all recognise 2007 as a year of consolidation for BI, with major aquisitions right through the vendor market:

Oracle bought Hyperion
SAP purchased Business Objects
IBM acquired Cognos
Oracle has announced a $8.5 billion buyout of BEA.

This has lead most companies to pull back from any major BI technology purchases in 2008, instead waiting for a settling of [...]

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