Gartner: BI market grows 22 percent in 2008
Business intelligence software grew by 22 percent in 2008, according to Gartner. It's a huge jump from the 13 percent increase it saw between 2007 and 2008.
According to Gartner analyst Dan Sommer, the reason is simple: "Companies are looking to 'increase transparency' to identify costs and better align strategy with execution," he told InformationWeek.com.