Why is the Business Intelligence (BI) market experiencing so many changes? The BI market has significantly changed in the last 4 years. While previously thought of as a mature market, is now undergoing tremendous disruption. According to Gartner, nearly 70 percent of new Business Intelligence initiatives fail to meet enterprise objectives. The enterprise analytics industry has nearly finished its evolution from a market based heavily on reporting to one that is more business-centric and user friendly, offering self-service analytics and allowing more users to get their hands on tools that drive insights. The majority of BI and analytics solutions consist of modern platforms which focus on user engagement. This has essentially reorganized the vendor landscape. The BI landscape is evolving in real-time, making the challenge of finding and deploying the right solution a difficult one. We discuss the changes by comparing the 2015 and 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrants for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. You’ll learn: • Current market trends and competitive landscape • Why so many changes are occurring • How the leaders are differentiating themselves • What users and vendors can do to eliminate business risk This session will allow you to understand the reasons this sector is changing so much. About Hector Del Castillo Hector Del Castillo has over 15 years of experience collaborating with executives, senior managers, and entrepreneurs to transform ideas into a great business. He’s passionate about building and marketing products customers love. As a consultant, trainer and coach, he helps accelerate growth by building capacity and capability, guiding and training product teams, improving processes and deploying best in class tools to make smarter decisions and get better results from product investments. Contact Hector if you are looking for an engaging speaker and topic for your next group meeting. Connect with Hector and let him know how he can help you. To learn more about Hector, visit www.hmdelcastillo.com, or email hector@boldpm.com.

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Current State of Business Intelligence 2016
Introduction
Why is the Business Intelligence (BI) market experiencing so many changes?
The BI market has significantly changed in the last 4 years. While previously thought of as a mature market,
is now undergoing tremendous disruption. According to Gartner, nearly 70 percent of new Business
Intelligence initiatives fail to meet enterprise objectives.
The enterprise analytics industry has nearly finished its evolution from a market based heavily on reporting
to one that is more business-centric and user friendly, offering self-service analytics and allowing more users
to get their hands on tools that drive insights. The majority of BI and analytics solutions consist of modern
platforms which focus on user engagement. This has essentially reorganized the vendor landscape.
The BI landscape is evolving in real-time, making the challenge of finding and deploying the right solution a
difficult one. We discuss the changes by comparing the 2015 and 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrants for Business
Intelligence and Analytics Platforms.
You’ll learn:
• Current market trends and competitive landscape
• Why so many changes are occurring
• How the leaders are differentiating themselves
• What users and vendors can do to eliminate business risk
This session will allow you to understand the reasons this sector is changing so much.
About Hector Del Castillo
Hector Del Castillo has over 15 years of experience collaborating with executives, senior managers, and
entrepreneurs to transform ideas into a great business. He’s passionate about building and marketing
products customers love.
As a consultant, trainer and coach, he helps accelerate growth by building capacity and capability, guiding
and training product teams, improving processes and deploying best in class tools to make smarter decisions
and get better results from product investments.
Key Takeaways
1. Fierce competition due to projected
market growth
2. Enterprises digitizing their strategies
3. Enterprises becoming information
driven
4. Many BI vendors, no complete solution
5. Emphasis has shifted to Analytics
6. Emergence of Managed Business
Analytics Providers
Contact Hector if you are looking for an engaging speaker and topic for your next group meeting. Connect
with Hector and let him know how he can help you.
To learn more about Hector, visit www.hmdelcastillo.com, or email hector@boldpm.com.

2. © 2016, Hector Del Castillo, All Rights Reserved.
Additional Information
Topic: “Current State of Business
Intelligence 2016”
Summary: bit.ly/dcbis160825
Additional Resources
• What’s Changed: 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms
• Business Intelligence Platform Ratings - SelectHub
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