February 9, 2015
What's ahead for business intelligence and data analytics in 2015?
When we asked analysts, forecasters and pundits for their predictions for the most relevant business intelligence and analytics trends for 2015, they came up with a host of topics, including mobile maturity, Hadoop growth, better text analysis and incorporation of the Internet of Things (IoT) into analytics.
Here is what they saw as they gazed into their crystal balls.
Sustained Analytics Growth
Gartner numbers show that advanced analytics has surpassed the $1 billion per year mark. That makes it the fastest-growing segment of the business intelligence and analytics software market. Gartner analyst Alexander Linden expects that level of growth to continue as more and more business units gain access to applications that can harness analytics.
Eric Berridge, CEO of Bluewolf, is equally bullish.
"Investments in predictive analytics and data intelligence will explode," he said. "Seventy-one percent of companies will increase their investments in data intelligence and predictive analytics in the coming year," he said, citing Bluewolf research.
