{"id":6760,"date":"2016-10-28T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=6760"},"modified":"2016-09-29T07:19:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:19:20","slug":"business-intelligence-niche-bi-vendors-steer-market-towards-analytics-and-next-generation-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/business-intelligence-niche-bi-vendors-steer-market-towards-analytics-and-next-generation-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Intelligence: Niche BI Vendors Steer Market Towards Analytics and Next-Generation Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid advances in data analysis and analytics are having a big impact on defining what the capabilities of Business Intelligence (BI). BI products from megavendors that have historically dominated the field\u00a0are being out-done by smaller niche players in the Business Intelligence market. \u00a0Niche players are growing at double-digit rates.<\/p>\n<p>Despite strong interest in BI, Investments in BI actually declined 4.13% in 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/spotfire.tibco.com\/gartner\">according to a Gartner report<\/a>. \u00a0Gartner predicts that in the next two years that technologies like Hadoop\/Big Data and next-generation discovery and analytics tools will become standard features of business intelligence tools, and within four years 80 percent of all enterprise reporting will utilize business intelligence and analytics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/viveca-m-woods-m-s-65350a5\">Viveca Woods<\/a>, former\u00a0Gartner consultant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/enterprise-business-intelligence-and-analytics-strategies-for-the-digital-age\/\">said that<\/a> &#8220;Business intelligence and analytics is a top organizational priority, as data allows smart companies to quickly assess market conditions and outperform competitors. 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