Old ways of thinking about BI, and old ways of doing it, will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes, if some of the newer players in the market have any say in the matter.

“Traditional BI is broken – something new is desperately needed,” says Qlikview head Davide Hanan. “According to research firm IDC, implementations succeed only 31 percent of the time, at best. Yet in today’s economy, the need for reliable, accessible information has never been greater.”