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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence 2008

Gartner came out with the 2008 BI Platforms Magic Quadrant with all the market heavies in the upper right (Microsoft, Cognos/IBM, Business Objects/SAP and Oracle). SAS is also there and Microstrategy also clears the center. Though it may appear as the safe way to go, this quadrant is consistent with earlier quadrant criteria and shows some minor progress by Microsoft and Cognos, both deserved, and the absorption of Hyperion into Oracle, which surprisingly did not boost Oracle much. In effect, Gartner is commodifying itself along with the toolsets. This quadrant will need to get less top heavy and some recalibration is in order so that the subtler differentiation stands out amongst the BI toolsets. There are also the dozens of smaller BI players that Gartner could highlight and add value in that way. Most BI buyers would (should) know the list of major players already.

Some of the softer factors like local representation, availability of resources, internal skills and synergy with existing technologies becoming more interesting these days in BI selection.

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