Microsoft leads in Indian BI market: Gartner

BANGALORE, INDIA: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. announced on Wednesday that as per Gartner’s Asia Pacific software revenue estimates, it has emerged as the leading vendor of Business Intelligence solutions in India.

The Gartner “Market Share: Business Intelligence Platform Software, Asia Pacific and Japan, 2007” report estimates that with a growth rate of 40.5 per cent, the Business Intelligence software revenue in India was US$19.4 million during 2006-2007.

As per the Gartner study, Microsoft is also ahead of the competition in the overall APAC Business Intelligence (BI) platform market for a second consecutive year, said a press release from Microsoft.

“This is a strong testament to our commitment to providing customers with the end-to-end BI platform and software solutions they need to excel in an increasingly dynamic IT environment,” said Pallavi Kathuria, Director, Server Business Group, Microsoft India.

This announcement follows the positioning of Microsoft in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms for 2008” report, the release pointed out.

“The BI platform market in Asia Pacific grew a healthy 26.1 per cent in 2007. While the region represents just more than 6 per cent of the market opportunity, it is growing at nearly twice the pace of the global market,” said Bhavish Sood, principal analyst, software markets, Gartner Inc.

In its report, Gartner defines Business Intelligence as an umbrella term that includes the applications, infrastructure and tools, and best practices that enable access to and analysis of information to improve and optimize decisions and performance.