The overwhelming majority (82%) has either increased or maintained their BI and data warehousing spending for 2010. “To me”, says Cutter’s Curt Hall, “even more telling is that just 8% said that their organizations have decreased spending. I think that a considerable portion of the increase in BI and data warehousing spending has to do with organizations trying to carry out projects that were put on the back burner in 2009, when economic uncertainty was probably at its peak. Some of this increase also has to do with organizations still trying to do more with less -- an exercise that requires a really good understanding of corporate performance and, hence, more BI and performance management capabilities.”
*Excerpted from "BI, Data Warehouse Spending Rises as Uncertainty Continues", Business IntelligenceAdvisor , 13 April 2010