Disruptive Analytics: Charting Your Strategy for Next-Generation Business Analytics

© Thomas W. Dinsmore 2016

Thomas W. Dinsmore, Disruptive Analytics, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1311-7_1

1. Fundamentals

Disruption in the Analytics Value Chain

Thomas W. Dinsmore¹ 

(1)Newton, Massachusetts, USA

The analytics business is booming. Technology consultant IDC estimates¹ total spending for analytic services, software, and hardware exceeded $120 billion in 2015; through 2019, IDC forecasts that spending will increase to $187 billion, an 11% compound annual growth rate².

So, if analytics is such a hot field, why are the industry leaders struggling?

• Oracle’s cloud revenue growth³ fails to offset declining software and hardware sales⁴.

• SAP’s cloud revenue grows, but total software revenue is flat⁵.

• IBM reports⁶ 16 straight quarters of declining revenue. ...