“The Future of Business Intelligence is not in SaaS”

Berney Finucane is analyst of the Business Application Research Center (BARC). He is making a clear distinction between Software as a Service (SaaS) and web-based tools – which are not necessarily SaaS. He argues that with SaaS you could reduce server costs. But on the other hand this is an objective for general IT over all and not a BI-specific topic – in fact BI might be a prohibiting factor, as sensitive data is unlikely to be sent outside.

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- Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Time: 4:46 pm Discussion: View Comments Category: Business and Technology Strategy, Entertainment and Gaming Tags: business model, SaaS Print this blog post!

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Denken Sie denn, dass die BI-Zukunft in SaaS liegt?

Barney Finucane: Auch das nicht. Ich kann so recht keinen Vorteil erkennen, weil die bestehenden BI-Applikation auch derzeit schon in aller Regel Web-basiert sind. Ich halte es für durchaus möglich, dass sich SaaS-Anbieter auf dem BI-Markt behaupten. Aber das passiert, wenn ihre Produkte auf die Bedürfnisse der Anwender zugeschnitten und deshalb Erfolg versprechend sind. Der Vertriebsweg dürfte da nicht entscheidend sein.

Aber könnte SaaS nicht wenigstens für Mittelständler eine attraktive BI-Option sein?

Barney Finucane: Ja, vielleicht. Für Unternehmen, die alleine komplexe IT-Aufgaben nur schwer schultern können, könnte das ein Ausweg sein. Allerdings müssten die SaaS-Anbieter dazu ihre Kunden erst einmal vom Mehrwert ihres Produktes im Vergleich zu anderen BI-Produkten überzeugen.

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