According to IDC, the Business Intelligence (BI) market grew 11.5% in 2005, topping $5.7B for query, reporting, analysis and advanced analytics software.
Claiming the number two position amongst BI vendors was SAS, with a market share of 10.2% and sales of $582.4M.
If you've got $3,500 burning a hole in your pocket, you can view the complete IDC study.
Or you can settle for this abridged-but-free recap of Worldwide Business Intelligence Tools 2005 Vendor Shares, based on revenue ($M):
| Business Objects | $795.3 | 13.9% |
| SAS | $582.4 | 10.2% |
| Cognos | $567.2 | 9.9% |
| Microsoft | $353.1 | 6.2% |
| Hyperion | $287.1 | 5% |
BTW, IDC also found that SAS continued its wide lead in the "advanced analytics" market - software for mining, statistical analysis and forecasting - with a 28.3% market share, more than twice the 12.6% share of its closest competitor.
UPDATE: This SAS Press Release links to the full report!
1. Some facts based on corporate reports:
BO 2005 revenue: 1.077b USD
BO 2005 R&D: 162.5m USD = 15.04% of revenue
#of customers 39'000, 80% of Fortune500
SAS 2005 revenue: 1.68b USD
SAS 2005 R&D: 403.2m USD = 24% of revenue
#of customers 40'000, 97% of Fortune 5000
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Posted at 11:43AM on Jul 31st 2006 by Patrick Senti