Yep. You read that right. Gartner ranked Microsoft’s Business Intelligence strategy #1, above all the major players including:
- Business Objects
- Cognos
- SAS
- MicroStrategy
- Tibco
We believe Microsoft’s overall business intelligence strategy, its tools & technology, and its integration have indeed surpassed the long time leaders in the business intelligence space and now the world’s largest G2 consultancy has apparently agreed.
Meanwhile, Microsoft’s business intelligence product set, PerformancePoint Server 2007 & Microsoft Proclarity, are still DRASTICALLY LESS EXPENSIVE, easier to implement, and have incredibly quick time-to-market relative to the other players in the space.
Microsoft Gets Gartner’s Business Intelligence Top Ranking
The company makes a surprise leap ahead of Business Objects and Cognos in its ability to execute on BI products and pricing.By Mary Hayes Weier
InformationWeek
February 5, 2008 03:34 PMBusiness Objects and Cognos have long been considered the leaders in business intelligence platforms. But in a surprising new report, Gartner ranks Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) ahead of those companies in its ability to execute.
Gartner’s "magic quadrants" are typically annual market evaluations that place software vendors in one of four quadrants within a square: niche players, visionaries, challengers, and leaders. Specific placement within a quadrant depends on a vendor’s ability to execute, which moves them upward, and completeness of vision, which moves them to the right.
Business Objects, Cognos, and Microsoft were placed among the leaders in Gartner’s just-released Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008. But the research firm placed Microsoft above the other two in its ability to execute, including the competitiveness and success of its BI goods and services, its viability and investment in BI, and the execution of its sales and pricing.
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