Microsoft named a Leader in Agile Business Intelligence by Forrester
We are pleased to see Microsoft acknowledged by Forrester Research as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Agile Business Intelligence Platforms, Q3 2014.
We are happy to see what we believe to be an affirmation in our approach and in the strength of our technologies. Our placement in this report reflects both high scores from our clients for product vision, as well as for client feedback collected as part of the customer survey. Forrester notes that “Microsoft received high client feedback scores for its agile, business user self-service and [advanced data visualization] ADV functionality. Clients also gave Microsoft BI a high score for its product vision”. This feedback from our customers is especially gratifying to see.
Microsoft is delivering on our vision of making business intelligence more agile and accessible through the tools that people use every day. With the accessibility of Excel and the recent release of Power BI for Office 365, we aim to lower the barrier of entry for users and reduce the complexity of deploying business intelligence solutions for IT. Using Microsoft’s business intelligence solution, companies such as MediaCom have reduced time to reporting from weeks to days, Carnegie Mellon is using data to reduce energy consumption by 30%, and Helse Vest is combining hospital data to visualize trends in real time.
We appreciate the recognition of our software in this report. Above all, we value our customer’s voice in helping shape and validate this approach.
