The world’s largest survey of business intelligence users begins

The BI Survey 9 gets underway

LONDON, 22nd Oct 2009

Now in its ninth year, The BI Survey has become something of an institution in the business intelligence (BI) community: Every year, thousands of BI users and consultants contribute to the most comprehensive vendor-independent study of BI software selection and usage anywhere in the world.

All BI software users, both business and technical, as well as vendors and consultants, are encouraged to take part in The BI Survey. Participants will receive a free summary of the results and are entered into a prize draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers.

Click here to participate in The BI Survey.

“The great thing about The BI Survey is the depth and detail of information that it exposes”, said Carsten Bange, CEO of BARC – publishers of The BI Survey. “Last year, we published a 489-page report based purely on the findings from the Survey”.

“Even the summary we gave to participants as a thank-you contained considerably more insight than almost all the research papers on BI usage that I have ever read – and I’ve seen a lot!”

The Survey focuses on the selection process, implementation cycle, deployment characteristics, problems, user experiences and business success achieved. The results will form the basis of a report to be published by BARC next spring.

More information on the current edition, The BI Survey 8, can be found at www.bi-survey.com.

Business Application Research Center (BARC) is a leading independent software industry analyst delivering information to more than 1000 customers worldwide each year. For over ten years, BARC has specialized in core research areas including Data Management and Business Intelligence as well as Enterprise Content Management and Project Management.

BARC publishes the largest end-user survey on Business Intelligence (BI) products — The BI Survey — and the most sophisticated collection of in-depth BI product evaluations — The BI Verdict, formerly known as The OLAP Report.

More than 30 highly-qualified professionals deliver 100% unbiased and well-founded knowledge about the software market with software evaluations, conferences, market research and consulting.

BARC has offices in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria and partners worldwide.