January 2025 Newsletter

Volume 2 Issue 1

January 8, 2025

Dresner Advisory January 2025 News
We sincerely appreciate your support and engagement throughout 2024. It has been a pleasure collaborating with you as we explore the trends and insights that matter most to your business. Your trust and feedback have been invaluable in shaping our work.

Looking ahead to 2025, we are excited to deepen our partnership and support your goals with even greater focus and dedication.

Happy New Year! The entire team at Dresner Advisory wishes you good health and happiness for the coming year.

Here’s a look at recent and upcoming activity.

 


Market Studies

We’re excited about the 2025 research calendar, which currently has 25 major market studies planned, including two new reports covering Semantic Layer and ERP! More will be shared in our vendor information session (read on…).

 

Analysts currently are working on the 9th annual Analytical Data Infrastructure flagship study, to be published at the end of January.

 

February will feature the 3nd annual Workforce Planning and Analytics, and the 11th annual Data Engineering thematic market studies.

 

 

Research Insights

 

Research Insights highlight the hot topics data leaders are facing and provide our analyst recommendations. Recent titles include:

 

–       Make BI Tool Consolidation a Priority in 2025

–       To Enable More Value Creation, Embrace the Right Use of Spreadsheets

–       BI Tools Longevity Data Show Right Fit, Better Skills, More Experience Lead to Greater BI Success

 

Your client copies can be viewed and downloaded via the portal and are for internal use. You may leverage your units to distribute the reports externally – contact me for details.

 

 

 

 

“We are committed to excellence and adding top-tier talent, and the appointment of John and Myles underscores this dedication. Their unique blend of skills and insights will add significant value to our clients, subscribers, and research communities.”
Howard Dresner, founder and chief research officer
New Team Members

 

We have made two exciting announcements.

 

John van Decker joined our team as a Distinguished Analyst.

John has over 35 years of experience in finance, software, and IT and has held significant roles, including CIO, VP of Strategy at a leading software vendor, industry analyst at Gartner, and Chief Research Officer at The Hackett Group.  He has worked with thousands of end-user organizations and software vendors concerning their business application strategies to optimize their technology investments over his working tenure, focusing on business analytics, planning, performance management, and ERP.

 

Myles Suer came on board as Research Director.

 

Myles is a well-known technology journalist and is the #1 CIO influencer according to LeadTail. He facilitates the #CIOChat, connecting CIOs and senior leaders across industries worldwide. Recognized as a top 100 digital influencer, his thought leadership is featured in ComputerWorld, CIO Magazine, Cutter Business Technology Journal, Datamation, eWeek, CMSWire, and VKTR. His career spans startups and major tech organizations, including Alation, Privacera, Informatica, HP, and Peregrine.

Welcome John and Myles!

 

 

2025 New Year Data Collection

 

This month we kick off the New Year data collection process, which will inform our Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management flagships, our inaugural ERP flagship report, and all 2Q and 3Q thematic studies.

 

We are holding a couple of vendor information sessions later this month to dive into the specifics of topics covered in this program, and actions/deadlines for vendors. You should have received details on dates and registration from Michelle – if you have any questions about the process, please reach out to her (michelle@dresneradvisory.com).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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