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From CIO magazine -

Hatch’s research shows that those companies that have recently rolled out a BI system notice financial pressures coming from several areas. The first, and most important, Hatch says, is the pressure to improve data integration from multiple applications (noted by 42 percent of the respondents). From interviews with those who took part in the survey, Hatch notes that “this single factor alone can dictate the success or failure of a BI initiative.”

“What I’m finding is that companies don’t really understand the extent of the data management challenges to BI until they get into it,” Hatch says. And if internal IT does not have the skill sets or resources to solve these data challenges, that can become pricey for many companies. “You have to invest internally or look outside for help,” Hatch says, “and both are expensive options.”