Peer into the Crystal Ball: BI in 2013

Bangalore: Analyzing data has gained tremendous prominence in the last decade. With more jobs and revenue being created by the usage of data analytics, the important question remains: What will the New Year bring? What trends will influence the Business Intelligence domain? Tableau software has compiled “Top 10 Business Intelligence Trends for 2013” which lists what may be the game changers of 2013. Peer into the crystal ball to find out predictions for 2013.

1. Hadoop: The Magical Elephant
Hadoop is one of the biggest Open Source success stories. Hadoop has come a long way from its beginning as a science project. 2012 was the year when many Hadoop implementations were released. In 2013, Hadoop will grow by leaps and bounds to enable a quicker analytics experience.

2. Self Service Goes One Step Further:
While the concept of self service BI has gained prominence in 2012, the coming year will bring in some more advances. Self service implies that the business user will be able to analyze the data they need to make an informed decision without relying heavily on the IT department. To ensure that this works in practice, the business users will need to have access to the right data, in a workable format, and ensure that the solutions to sift through this data are also available.