This IDC study examines the business intelligence (BI) tools market for the period from 2005 to 2007. Worldwide market size with regional segmentation for Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia/Pacific (AP) is provided for 2007, with trends from 2005. This study also provides a competitive analysis, with revenue and market share for the leading vendors for 2007 of the BI market, including profiles of leading vendors.

"In 2007, business intelligence tools remained an attractive market for software vendors and one of the top investment priorities for end-user organizations. The market grew 12% to reach $7 billion in worldwide software revenue." - Dan Vesset, vice president, Business Analytics Solutions