The BIg Discrepancy: How can we Improve Insight into our Businesses?

Gartner research continues to show Business Intelligence Platforms as the highest technology priority. Improving decision-making and getting Business Intelligence (BI) in the hands of more users consistently tops the list of drivers for BI. However, considering the maturity of BI tools and technologies and the fact that many organisations state they have a BI strategy, there remains what we call the BIg discrepancy. Despite the many years experience most organisations have of BI, why aren't we doing better in addressing the fundamental challenges and fulfilling the promise of BI?

Why is this so? Firstly, IT remains the primary sponsor of most BI initiatives. This creates challenges in making BI pervasive among business users, because users often view BI as an "IT" initiative. So IT must look for ways to align BI initiatives with corporate and business objectives.

Meanwhile, the speed of technology change is increasing. Many technologies and trends - such as Web 2.0, interactive visualization, in-memory analytics, SaaS and BI integrated search - have the potential to disrupt the BI marketspace significantly. This will create challenges for many existing "strategic" BI technologies that IT is busy deploying. Also, emerging areas like Master Data Management are adding new layers of complexity to managing an information management infrastructure. All of this in a business and regulatory environment that is dynamic and unpredictable.

The Gartner Business Intelligence and Information Management Summit 2009 will focus on the actionable advice you need to address this BIg discrepancy. Now in its third year, it delivers a wide range of analyst presentations, case studies, roundtables and guru keynotes. Furthermore, you will have the chance to network with and share the collective experience of delegates from all over the Asia Pacific region. It is with great pleasure therefore that we invite you to participate in this flagship event. We hope you can join us!