IBM Cited As a Leader in Business Intelligence Services by
Independent Research Firm
ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2012
/PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today
announced that Forrester Research, Inc. has recognized IBM as a
market leader in business intelligence (BI) services according to
the October 2012 report, The
Forrester WaveTM: Business Intelligence Services
Providers, Q4 20121. The report, which evaluates the
leading BI providers by strategy and technology expertise, cites
IBM as leading the market in both areas.
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Based on a 53-criteria evaluation of BI services providers, the
report indicates that in addition to having one of the largest
business intelligence practices globally, with "capabilities and
presence in a broad range of industries, technologies and
geographies, IBM has skills in core BI areas (advisory, technology
implementation, and outsourcing) and has pioneered some of the most
innovative research and offerings in the market today, such as the
Watson cognitive computing
system."
The report also emphasizes that while IBM has a substantial
number of external alliances, with firms like SAP, Oracle and
Teradata, it also has expertise in its own analytics products such
as InfoSphere, SPSS, and Cognos. Additionally IBM is the only
vendor to get a perfect score for the Strategy, as well as the "Use
of BI methodology within one's business,"
categories.
"This recognition is an acknowledgement of the significant
results we've been able to deliver to clients and our ability
to build a capability to deliver at scale. This has been a
priority consulting practice for IBM since we announced it in
2009," said Fred Balboni, Global
Business Analytics Optimization Leader, IBM Global Business
Services. "With its solid Datawarehousing and BI underpinnings,
IBM's Business Analytics and Optimization practice continues to
help clients exploit Big Data to target customer-centric outcomes,
tap into internal data and build better information
ecosystems."
IBM's Business Analytics & Optimization consulting service
was founded in 2009 as part of IBM Global Business Services. Within
three years, the practice grew from 4,000 to more than 9,000
consultants that specialize in business analytics and information
management solutions. IBM currently has analytics solutions centers
across the world and has announced it will invest more than
$100 million on Big Data
research.
To access a copy of The Forrester Wave (TM): Business
Intelligence Services Providers Report please visit:
http://bit.ly/S11hk5
For more information on IBM,
visit www.ibm.com/gbs
1 "The Forrester Wave ™, Business
Intelligence Service Providers, Q4 2012", October 2012. Copyright © 2012, Forrester
Research, Inc.
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