For the past few years, data scientists are highly sought after to analyse data that can help organisations better understand their business, customers and trends. But, it looks like artificial intelligence-based solutions may be taking over that role in the near future.
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Business intelligence and analytics are the top priorities of CIOs in Southeast Asia (SEA), according to a Gartner survey.Next on their list are mobile, ERP and cloud.
Eighty-four percent of CIOs in SEA recognise the need to adapt their leadership style in the next three years to succeed in digital business, compared with the global average of 75 percent. To achieve this, 69 percent said that they want to decrease their controlling approach to focus on significantly increasing their visionary and coaching attributes.
The annual survey covered more than 2,810 CIOs worldwide, representing more than US$397 billion in CIO IT budgets in 84 countries. It included responses from 117 CIOs from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Business intelligence (BI) software revenue in India is forecasted to reach US$113 million in 2013, a 16 percent increase over 2012 revenue of US$98.1 million, according to Gartner. This forecast includes revenue for BI platforms, analytic applications and corporate performance management (CPM) software.
“Pressures from consumers, environmental policies, government and industry regulations, international standards of quality, and internal operational efficiency are forcing enterprises to improve their operations and processes to become both agile and efficient in a volatile marketplace, “ said Bhavish Sood, Research Director at Gartner. “These internal and external pressures are driving increased adoption of analytics solutions across the country.”
India BI Software Software Forecast Estimates (US$m)
| Subsegment | Data |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Analytic Applications and Performance Management |
Sum of Revenue (M) |
14.2 |
16.8 |
20.0 |
23.6 |
27.8 |
|
Growth (%) |
14.24 |
18.94 |
18.45 |
18.07 |
17.87 |
|
|
CPM Suites |
Sum of Revenue (M) |
18.6 |
22.0 |
26.0 |
30.7 |
36.1 |
|
Growth (%) |
11.97 |
18.32 |
18.03 |
17.85 |
17.62 |
|
|
BI Platforms |
Sum of Revenue (M) |
65.3 |
74.1 |
84.0 |
95.1 |
107.4 |
|
Growth (%) |
13.86 |
13.43 |
13.40 |
13.11 |
12.93 |
|
|
Total Sum of Revenue (M) |
|
98.1 |
113.0 |
130.0 |
149.3 |
171.2 |
|
Total Growth (%) |
|
13.55 |
15.15 |
15.05 |
14.82 |
14.67 |
Gartner (June 2013)
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Dell has unveiled new solutions that help organisations better plan, deploy and manage mobile and BYOD environments to help drive greater business value from their IT investments.
At Dell’s “The Power to Do More — Accelerating Results” event held in San Francisco today, company executives, industry leaders, global customers and channel partners shared insights and perspectives on Dell’s end-to-end strategy for meeting customers’ requirements. Additionally, interactive, customer-led discussions showcased Dell’s integrated technologies and scalable design point, which are proving instrumental in addressing emerging business demands and technology megatrends, including consumerization of IT, cloud computing, data insights, security and business intelligence.
“Dell is uniquely positioned to deliver highly differentiated, complete solutions — from clients to cloud and everything in between — that remove the barriers created by legacy technologies while empowering customers and partners to unlock new business opportunities,” said John Swainson, President of Dell Software. “Software is the catalyst to modernizing today’s IT environments, enabling organisations to do more and achieve greater business results.”
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