The analyst Gartner published a few days ago the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence 2008. The graph presents a global view of Gartner’s opinion about the main software vendors that should be considered by organizations seeking to develop business intelligence (BI) applications. Buyers should evaluate vendors in 2 directions:

• Ability to Execute
• Completeness of Vision

The interpretation of this chart is difficult. Is it the aim of Gartner? I invite you to read “Gartner BI Summit : la magie des carrés magiques“.

Observatory of Free Software published on January the “Baromètre des tendances 2007-2008 du logiciel libre 2007-2008“. I was pleased to read that the Business Intelligence is the most dynamic segment as I already mentionned it.

Why the Open Source Solutions aren’t represented in the Magic Quadrant 2008 ? Because the Gartner company thinks that the use of the Open Source is dangerous – Gartner BI Summit 2008. To read about BI actors’ opinion , please visit progilibre.com.