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HIGH PRIORITY MARKET

Indian Business Intelligence and Analytics Software

Revenue to Reach $ 214 Million in 2016

Indian business intelligence( BI) software revenue is forecast to
and information management.”
reach US $ 213.8 million in 2016, a 18.6 percent increase over
Purchasing decisions continue to move from IT leaders to line-
2015 revenue of $ 180.2 million, according to Gartner, Inc. This
of-business executives and users who want more agility and
forecast includes revenue for BI platforms, advanced analytics
more flexible personalized options— making the land-andplatforms
, analytic applications and corporate performance
expand model the new norm. This is in stark contrast to the
management( CPM) software.
large, enterprise-scale deals that fueled double-digit growth at
“ The BI and analytics market is undergoing significant change.
a time when IT had larger budgets and wielded much more
Adoption of machine learning techniques, and the emergence
influence in buying decisions. The primary drivers of new
of smart data discovery solutions are fueling next round of
growth in this rapidly evolving market are being influenced by
investments,” said Bhavish Sood, research director at Gartner.
the following dynamics:
The BI platforms segment continues to lead the BI software
Ÿ
The increased need for governance will serve as the
market in India, as BI platforms revenue is forecast to reach
catalyst for renewed IT engagement as business-user-led
$ 136.8 million in 2016( see Table 1). All segments of the BI
deployments expand.
software market in India are expected to experience double-
Ÿ
Market awareness and adoption of smart data discovery
digit growth in the next 2 years.
will extend data discovery to a wider range of users,
“ We see signs of the emerging importance of BI in India as
increasing the reach and impact of analytics.
senior executives are increasingly exploring the different styles
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Indian enterprises adopting BI have the advantage of
of analytics to resolve their business imperatives,” said Mr.
benefiting from earlier adopters in developed markets,
Sood.“ There is an increased emphasis on metrics
rather than needing to build their approaches from the
management and the growing use of performance
ground up. They are increasing BI adoption through data
management. Big data use cases are maturing and have
discovery, geospatial and mobile based approaches.
executive visibility. This is leading to more investments in BI
Table: India BI Software Revenue Forecast Estimates( Millions of Dollars)
Market Segment
2015 YR
2016 YR
Analytic Applications and Performance Management
Revenue
21.1
25.1
Growth(%)
18.94 %
CPM Suites
Revenue
28.5
33.3
Growth
16.76 %
Advanced Analytics Platforms
Revenue
15.0
18.6
Growth
23.59 %
BI Platforms
Revenue
115.6
136.8
Growth
18.33 %
Total Revenue
180.2
213.8
Total Growth(%)
18.59 %
Source: Gartner( June 2016)
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