Moving Business Intelligence to the Cloud

More and more businesses are now focused on cloud-based business intelligence (BI). In fact, it is a main area of focus for specialists like Abhishek Gattani, who understand that BI delivered “as service” through the cloud may be revolutionary, it is also more cost-efficient, flexible, and user friendly.

In 2010, the Wisdom of Crowds Cloud Business Intelligence completed a market study in which 859 businesses took part. This study showed that more and more businesses are interested in moving much of their operations onto the cloud. Meanwhile, a Gartner study confirmed the same, saying that 27% of businesses intend to move to cloud within the next year. This shows just how important this field of work is, particularly when you consider those statistics have only grown over the past five years.

Yet, interestingly, BI is slow to be adopted on the cloud compared to other types of applications. This is because many business managers still do not understand how the cloud can be valuable to them. Security is a main concern, and it is believed that this stands in the way of more widespread adoption. In reality, however, cloud storage is as safe, if not more so, than on-site storage. Furthermore, the cloud is better at visualization and data integration as well.

Three Drivers for Cloud Adoption

Luckily, thanks to work completed by Abhishek Gattani and other BI analysts like him, a change is being made. In fact, there are now three recognized drivers that are pushing more businesses towards cloud BI adoption. Those are:

  1. That it saves time. It is very quick to deploy BI on the cloud and it instantly provides value and insights. It is highly adaptable and it ensures that in house IT departments require less funding and have a smaller workload.
  2. That it is cost-efficient. If a business wants to see a significant and long term reduction in their operational expenses, then the cloud really is the way forward. It is certainly true that the cost of adopting BI is no lower or higher than on-site solutions. In fact, it may even require a significant financial investment. However, businesses must look long-term and it is obvious that operational costs are reduced overall by moving onto the cloud, even if it is solely through a reduction in IT expenses.
  3. That it is backed by experts like Abhishek Gattani, who specialize in BI analytics, but also by IT experts the world over. What this also means is that recruiting a workforce that is able to manage the cloud is easier than ever.

Small organizations are moving onto the cloud in their droves and they all note that they see far more rapid business development. This is a significant concern for larger organizations, and it is those in particular that are slow to adopt the cloud. Large organizations are often resistant to change, believing that their way has always worked so should just continue. In reality, however, they are holding themselves back and small organizations are closing the gap.