Business Intelligence Software Growth Shows Dramatic Drop In U.S.

Revenue for BI software exceeded $5.1 billion worldwide last year, Gartner said in a report released Thursday. Oracle, SAP, IBM, and Microsoft, meanwhile, have gone from making up just one-fifth of the market to owning two-thirds of it in a year, Gartner noted. That's largely because Oracle acquired Hyperion, SAP nabbed Business Objects, and IBM acquired Cognos. Microsoft continues to grow in BI primarily from in-house developed software plus a few important smaller acquisitions, such as ProClarity.

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