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Brian McDonough
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Brian McDonough is the research manager, Knowledge Management and Intranet Strategies with IDC. He can be reached at bmcdonough@idc.com.
Articles by Brian McDonough
Business analytics SaaS expands
28 Dec 2007
Business analytics software as a service (SaaS) is gaining attention and traction in the market. Successful on-demand software vendors have been instrumental in educating the marketplace on the benefits of accessing software functionality through such a model. More and more business analytics software providers are moving to address increasing market demand for software that is updated frequently, hosted off-site and purchased on a subscription basis. Several factors will spur growth for business analytics software offered as a service...
Business analytics—a market in transition
01 Jan 2007
The business analytics (BA) software market—comprised of data warehousing tools, business intelligence tools and analytic applications—has been growing steadily even as spending on business software has slowed in the past five years.
Enterprise portal adoption trends in 2003
01 Feb 2004
Packaged composite applications emerge
01 Jan 2004
Enterprise portals: adding value through workflow
01 Mar 2003
Knowledge management software and services: understanding corporate investment priorities
01 Sep 2002
ERP vendors enter the portal market
01 Feb 2002
The enterprise information portal
01 Nov 2001
Searching across the enterprise
01 Sep 2001
The intellectual capital management application market
23 Jul 2001