Ventana Research Launches Next-Generation Business Intelligence Research and Education Services

    SAN RAMON, CA, April 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ventana Research will commence on a new benchmark research to provide education on Next-Generation Business Intelligence.

Ventana Research has analyzed how traditional business intelligence (BI) purchased primarily by IT and deployed to business is slowly evolving from dashboards, query, analysis, reporting and presentation centric approaches to a new generation of technologies that is designed for business to engage and address their business process and decision making needs. This new research sets out to do what no previous research has, comprehensively assess the benefits and best practices associated with deploying next generation business intelligence.

Ventana Research designed this benchmark research to yield a broad-based, authoritative analysis of the use of and interest in collaborative and mobile capabilities to advance business intelligence. The research will investigate the styles of collaboration and sharing from social engagement through wall posting and broadcasting to discussion forums, web-conferencing and messaging. The research will assess how organizations use technology for business intelligence to better ascertain how to more easily access information as well as a range of metrics and indicators from analytics through mobile technologies like smart-phone and tablets. The research will measure the adoption and interest in Apple, Google Android, Microsoft and RIM based mobile technology platforms and manufacturers of the devices. In addition the research will assess the maturity of BI today from basic requirements to the needs of using geography and location to using cloud computing and how organizations are planning to replace or complement existing BI deployments.

"The collaboration and mobile technology advancements in the consumer market has set new expectations by businesses. This has pressured many BI providers to adopt a wide variety of new collaboration and mobile capabilities," said Mark Smith, CEO & Chief Research Officer of Ventana Research. "The research is designed to identify trends and best practices that contribute to advancement in competencies and improved maturity. Our comprehensive, fact-based industry benchmark research will help organizations prioritize the use of mobile technology and identify where collaboration can dramatically improve the engagement and efficiency of the workforce."

Ventana Research, the leading business technology research and advisory services firm, provides qualified research participants with a financial incentive, complimentary report of the research findings as well as access to a free educational webinar on key findings from the next-generation business intelligence benchmark research. To learn more about next-generation business intelligence and take the benchmark, please visit: http://www.ventanaresearch.com/nextgenbi/ and thanks to our partners and sponsors for supporting our research to deliver world class education.

About Ventana Research
Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana On-Demand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

Ventana Research provides the most comprehensive analyst and research coverage in the industry; business and IT professionals worldwide are members of our community and benefit from Ventana Research's insights, as do highly regarded media and association partners around the globe. Our views and analyses are distributed daily through blogs and social media channels ncluding Twitter, Facebook,LinkedIn and Google Plus.

To learn how Ventana Research advances the maturity of organizations' use of information and technology through value index and benchmark research through Ventana Research education and advisory services, visit www.ventanaresearch.com.

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