Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference
May 10, 2007 - Seattle, WA
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Region
(74%) USA
(7%) Canada
(7%) Europe
(7%) Central/South America
(4%) Asia/Pacific
Company Size
(30%) Less than $100 million
(23%) $101 - $500 million
(6%) $501 - $999 million
(13%) $1 - $5 billion
(6%) $5 – $10 billion
(23%) Greater than $10 billion
Title/Role
(2.5%) President/CEO
(2.5%) CFO / COO
(43%) CIO / CTO
(15%) Sales / Marketing
(7.5%) Packaging
(30%) Sourcing
INSIGHTS:
How would you characterize the state of Business Intelligence investment inside your IT organization today?
(21%) Big bet
(42%) Growth area
(11%) Ongoing projects, but flat
(26%) Just starting the BI journey
Which of the 6 areas of Corporate Performance Management (CPM) is most important to your organization today?
(16%) Management & strategy
(12%) Organizational strategy
(12%) Management processes
(21%) Information architecture
(30%) Performance management
(8%) Awareness
Where is your organization today on the road to becoming an “intelligent enterprise??
(36%) Data – building the foundation
(22%) Information – understanding drivers of value
(19%) Insight – establishing forward-looking view
(23%) Intelligence – embed continuous optimization
Which of the following will be the number one priority for your company’s IT infrastructure over the next 2-3 years?
(32%) Service Oriented Architecture
(61%) Business Intelligence
(7%) Security
Which business outcome is most desirable from the existing Business Intelligence efforts inside your organization?
(14%) Single view of customer and CRM benefits realized
(48%) Transparent reporting & compliance managed and supporting business performance improvement
(13%) Enhanced business risk management
(14%) Data managed and privacy controlled
(13%) Visibility & collaboration throughout demand & supply chains
