This IDC study examines the business intelligence (BI) tools market for the period from 2004 to 2006. Worldwide market size is provided for 2006, with trends from 2004. Geographic region splits for the overall market and its subsegments are provided in addition to a vendor competitive analysis, with revenue and market share for the leading vendors for 2006. This study also provides profiles of leading vendors and identifies the characteristics that vendors will need to be successful in the future.

"In 2006, business intelligence tools remained an attractive market for software vendors and one of the top investment priorities for end-user organizations. The market grew 11.5% to reach $6.25 billion in worldwide software revenue." — Dan Vesset, vice president, Business Analytics