Business intelligence buyers face tough decisions

With business intelligence (BI) software expected to be the top new software purchase for enterprises of all sizes in 2007, many IT decision makers are finding themselves faced with some tough choices. They could go with a major business applications vendor like Oracle, SAP or Microsoft; a BI specialist like Business Objects, MicroStrategy or Cognos; or they could look to database management system (DBMS) vendors like Sybase and — again — Microsoft and Oracle, many of which are building BI functionality directly into database software these days. The variety of choices can be overwhelming. But in the end, BI experts say, making the right BI decision means knowing where your company has been and having a clear understanding of where it’s going.

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