Gartner's "Magic Quadrant" report for BI platforms for 2012 is now out, and available free in summary form. For newbies, this much-anticipated annual review can be thought of as analogous to the J.D. Powers Report for autos. It contains the aforementioned quadrant, with its axes of "ability to execute" and "completeness of vision", inside which it locates some 21 BI platforms accordingly. For the record, Oracle, MicroStrategy and Tableau show the highest abilkity to execute, while IBM and SAP are the highest ranked on "completeness of vision". Gartner concludes that in 2011, business users continued to exert significant influence over BI decisions, often choosing data discovery products in addition to, or as alternatives to, traditional BI tools. The report also includes a valuable "vendor srtrengths and cautions" list for named companies. This report won't tell you what you should buy, though -- you still have to know your own organization's specific context and needs -- but you should not invest your organization's funds until after you have at least read Gartner's assessment!
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