Data architectures and their supporting technologies and capabilities (including analytic data infrastructure, and data engineering and data catalog products) face increased technology and business pressure to meet the requirements of more complex, diverse, and distributed business intelligence (BI) and analytics…
2023 was a good year for growing revenue through the application of business intelligence (BI). Initiatives focused on revenue generation, compared to those focused on reducing costs, showed three times better results. Consequently, the Dresner Advisory Services BI Value Index®…
Most organizations struggle to find the right data to make informed business decisions: 61 percent of users find it impossible, difficult, or somewhat difficult to locate analytic content. These data highlight the ongoing challenge of effectively organizing and making analytic…
During the second half of 2022, respondents indicated that impacts from external forces would wane throughout 2023 (see the Research Insight “Data Leaders Need to Prepare for the Challenges That External Forces Will Pose”). Our latest data from the second…
Privacy issues have largely been the domain of business, risk, and compliance leaders and not directly the concern of data leaders and their teams. However, this is changing as an evolved perspective on data and analytics governance, including recognition of…
As they increasingly value data-driven decisions and insights, the majority of organizations continue to increase investments in data and analytics. Business intelligence (BI) and data-related initiatives do more than drive direct value. Business leaders increasingly recognize these programs help deliver…
New analytics and analytical technologies such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) force organizations to extend beyond traditional data governance to encompass analytic content. Organizations reporting high levels of success with business intelligence (BI) also reflect disproportionate maturity…
Our latest data show that about 90 percent of organizations have plans to use generative AI at some point. Despite these high levels of current and planned use, perceptions about who is adopting generative AI earliest shows a significant lack…
Organizations continue to have a generally negative perception about the total cost of ownership (TCO) of BI-related products and solutions. Nearly one-half of organizations believe the TCO of their selected tools is above or well above the average TCO in…
For more than two decades, organizations have tried to drive adoption of tools and data analysis best practices through a centralized “brain trust” of business intelligence (BI) skills and strategy. Often called the BI Competency Center (BICC), this group implements…
Only a minority of organizations (less than 5 percent) allocate 51 percent or more of their business intelligence (BI) budgets to categories other than internal headcount and subscriptions for user BI software. In general, this diversity and balance in the…
As business intelligence (BI) and data-driven decision making grows increasingly critical for businesses, more and different types of external events can impact data leaders and their initiatives. Although economic, geopolitical, and industry developments often are top of mind , a…
Despite the desire of many data leaders and their teams to minimize spreadsheet use and encourage their constituents to adopt more modern business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools, spreadsheets remain the most common vehicle for delivery of data-driven insights. Longevity,…
As the impacts of external forces persist (see the Research Insight “Expect Continuing But Waning Impacts Due to the Challenges Posed by External Forces”), organizations increasingly must be Hyper-Decisive®—the apex of innovation and perspective—by instantaneously processing vast arrays of data…
In 2023, a majority of respondents (52 percent) report increasing BI budgets. Among these organizations, 16 percent indicate their BI budget increases come from the reallocation of budget from other initiatives. Data leaders need to not just realize but accept…
Dresner Advisory Services’ ongoing research on the impacts of external forces on organizations yields insights into how the rising cost of capital will challenge enterprises to become more Hyper-Decisive® or risk degraded operations, customer dissatisfaction, and competitive decline. Our research…
It will come as a surprise to no one who works with business technology that cloud storage, software, and services are nearing an apogee and a permanent orbit in adoptive history. Viewed by weighted-mean criticality (very important) or incremental migration…
As the impacts of COVID-19 and related external forces wane, major impacts from their wake now represent high-priority areas for investment. Our latest data show that organizations most frequently make new investments in data and analytics and performance management (77…
An enterprise performance management (EPM) system provides a foundational technology for performance management and enables enterprise planning / budgeting capabilities. Yet, only 26 percent of organizations perceive EPM as a strategic capability. A majority of organizations (61 percent) view EPM…
The concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting recently gained significant traction. ESG reporting includes the data, tools, processes, and standards used in preparing non-financial reports that reflect an organization’s impact on the planet, people (both inside and outside…
