QlikView has become South Africa’s preferred business intelligence (BI) software, according to the results of iTWeb’s annual BI survey released last week.
The survey showed that more companies bought QlikView last year than bought any other BI software. 22.3% of respondents to the survey bought QlikView, compared to 15.8% who bought the next most popular product.
The news comes shortly after Gartner confirmed that QlikView is the fastest growing BI vendor in the world and perceived as the coolest product in the market, attracting customers looking for both ease of use and highly scalable functionality.
"54% of the iTWeb survey respondents who chose QlikView said its ease of use was a motivating factor, whilst others cited its fast performance and product features. This confirms the factors identified by Gartner," says QlikView South Africa’s Davide Hanan.
Of the companies who evaluated QlikView, 89% subsequently bought the product. "If you consider only the companies who did a proof of concept with us, the percentage is even higher," says Hanan. "We’re delighted that this evidence from iTWeb’s survey confirms QlikView’s value proposition for South African businesses. It’s a truly compelling product."
QlikView was also the highest-scoring BI application when it came to several key benefits: 92% of respondents who had bought QlikView said it had improved management reporting and 79% said it had improved the decision-making process.
QlikView was also the only BI application with a high score for providing a single unified view of enterprise-wide information, with 83% of respondents saying it had done so.
"The survey has also highlighted QlikView’s high user satisfaction. QlikView purchasers identified no major deterrents to wider deployment - whereas respondents who had bought products from other vendors identified problems including insufficient return on investment, complexity, lack of skills or the cost of implementation and support".
The survey also reflected a general decrease in implementation time for BI systems. "We suspect that QlikView’s quick implementation and ease of use is one reason for this. We measure our implementation time in days, not months or years," says Hanan.
Article added 2009/09/03
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QlikView emerges as South Africa’s preferred BI tool
