I had the opportunity to attend the Cognos 10 Launch event in Richmond, Virginia earlier this week (2/10/2011).  It was an educational session and it was also nice to see such a large turnout of Cognos users in the Richmond community.

Gartner recently released an updated version of the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms. One quick glance at the new Magic Quadrant and you’ll notice there are a whopping 19 entries this year, with 8 companies making the prestigious leader quadrant.  When compared to the 4 leaders in the Data Integration magic quadrant and 6 in the data warehouse space it is clear there is a lot happening in the world of Business Intelligence.

In the spirit of the New Year I thought I would make some predictions on what I think will happen in the Business Intelligence space in 2011.  Companies have an overwhelming amount of data to mine, and with maturing BI tools, cheap processing power and low cost storage aplenty it should allow companies to quickly advance their analytical capabilities in the coming year.