Cloud BI Survey
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This document summarizes the results of a survey of 278 BI professionals regarding their use of cloud technologies. Some key findings include: - 28% of respondents currently use the cloud for BI components, up from 5% in 2011. - Public cloud is the most commonly used cloud infrastructure at 44%, followed by private cloud at 27%. - The most popular cloud services used are SaaS for reports/dashboards (64%) and IaaS for provisioning servers (51%). - The top reasons for using the cloud are cost (26%) and flexibility (23%). Performance was also a key factor. - Security remains the biggest challenge for cloud BI initiatives according to 23% of respondents.
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Cloud BI Survey
- 1. Cloud BI Survey September, 2013 Based on 278 respondents who are BI professionals 1
- 2. Are you currently using the cloud for any components in your BI program? 2 28% 67% 5% 36% 63% 1% Yes No Not sure 2013 2011
- 3. Which type of cloud infrastructure do you use to support your BI initiative? 3 44% 27% 29% 53% 18% 30% Public cloud (i.e. externally managed, vendor owned) Private cloud (i.e. internally managed, customer owned) Hybrid (i.e. a mix of both above) 2013 2011
- 4. What Cloud services are you currently using for BI? 4 64% 51% 43% 61% 36% 33% Software as a service (i.e. deliver reports and dashboards) Infrastructure as a service (i.e. provision servers for BI) Platform as a service (i.e. build data marts and reports) 2013 2011
- 5. What Cloud services are you currently using for BI? 5 46% 35% 37% 28% 26% 27% 26% 38% 37% Small Medium Large SaaS PaaS IaaS Company Size Small = <$100M Medium = $100M-$1B Large = $1B=
- 6. Which of your BI architectural components run in the Cloud? 6 64% 56% 55% 47% 38% 31% 27% 27% 25% 20% Reports/dashboards BI servers BI tools Data warehouse ETL Data mart Metadata Data mining Data quality/profiling Data exploration
- 7. What are the primary USE CASES for cloud BI in your organization? 7 63.6% 59.7% 53.2% 31.2% 20.8% Report consumptionAd hoc analysis and explorationReport creationPrototypingPeak load processing What are the primary USE CASES for cloud BI in your organization?
- 8. To what degree do the following types of users use the Cloud in your organization? 8 46% 19% 22% 21% 42% 22% 28% 27% 35% Power users Casual users Customers/suppliers High Moderate Low
- 9. What do BI users do in your Cloud BI environment? 9 80.5% 66.2% 51.9% 48.1% 48.1% 42.9% 41.6% 39.0% 33.8% 24.7% 19.5% View reports/dashboards… Interact with reports/dashboards… Explore data in various data sources… Create new reports/dashboards from… Submit ad hoc queries… Modify data in reports/dashboards… Add data to reports/dashboards… Perform what-if analyses… Author new reports from scratch… Apply data mining models… Create data mining models…
- 10. What was your TOP reason for using the Cloud for BI? 10 26% 23% 18% 18% 12% 3% 0% 11% 19% 30% 30% 5% 0% 5% Cost Flexibility Speed of implementation Reduced maintenance of HW/SW Performance Security Other 2013 2011
- 11. What is the biggest challenge facing your Cloud BI initiative? 11 23% 10% 9% 9% 7% 7% 7% 5% 4% 3% 1% 0% 0% 16% Security… Performance… Reliability… Politics… Pricing is too complex… Vendor lock-in… Corporate policy… IT won't support… Support… Don't know what Cloud is… No executive support… Too difficult to use… No budget… Other…
- 12. How strategic is the cloud to your BI program? 12 47% 38% 16% High Moderate Low 43% 45% 55% North America Europe Other
- 13. Are you planning to increase or decrease your use of the Cloud for BI in the next 12 months? 13 75% 0% 12% 13% 65% 3% 16% 16% Increase Decrease Stay the same Not sure 2013 2011
- 14. What percentage of your BI environment will be supported by a public cloud infrastructure in three years? 14 25% 21% 18% 18% 18% 26-50% 51-75% 76-100% 0-10% 11-25%
- 15. Which BI vendor(s) support your Cloud BI initiative? (Select all that apply) 15 40% 29% 20% 18% 13% 10% 9% 9% 7% 5% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 1% 1%
- 16. What is your top reason for not using the Cloud components for your BI initiative? (For those who haven’t deployed) 16 33% 5% 9% 7% 2% 0% 5% 3% 2% 3% 32% 44% 25% 19% 14% 13% 12% 11% 10% 9.0% 3% 27% 16% 13% 12% Security… Corporate policy… Performance… No executive support… Pricing is too complex… Support… Vendor lock-in… Reliability… Don't know what Cloud is… Too difficult to use… Other… No budget… IT won't support… Politics… 2011 2013
- 17. Do you plan to use the Cloud for BI in the next 12 months? 17 17% 50% 33% 34% 31% 35% Yes No Not sure 2011 2013
- 18. Where are you located? 18 44% 20% 36% 73% 13% 14% North America Europe Other 2013 2011
- 19. What size is your organization by revenues? 19 38% 20% 42% 32% 25% 43% Large ($1B+ revenues) Medium ($50M to $1B revenues) Small (<$50M to $100M) 2011 2013
- 20. What is your industry? 20 What is your industry? Accounting Advertising Aerospace Airlines Apparel/Clothing Automotive Architecture Banking Biotechnology Chemicals Computers Construction Consulting/Professional services Cosmetics Defense Distribution/wholesale Education/K-12 Education/University Electronics Energy Engineering Food/Beverage Gaming/Casinos Government (Federal) Government (State) Government (Local) Hospitality/Travel Healthcare Provider Healthcare Payor Insurance Internet Investments/Securities Manufacturing (non-computers) Media/Publishing Non-profit Pharmaceuticals Retail Software Sports Telecommunications Utilities