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Special Report: Analytical Data Infrastructure

The 2026 ADI market is defined by systemic interdependence, in which the primary technical challenge has shifted from individual tool adoption to the seamless integration of security, logic, and cost predictability across the entire analytic data supply and consumption chain. Since organizations now manage an average of 79 disparate data sources, the “integration tax” has become a foundational hurdle rather than a peripheral one. In this complex landscape, the ability to manage the coexistence of legacy stability and modern innovation determines organizational success, particularly for those hitting the three- to five-year ADI architectural age “sweet spot,” where business intelligence (BI) achievement is highest.

2026-02-18

Special Report: Generative and Agentic AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption remains uneven across organizations, with overall penetration, regardless of technique, still below 50%. This includes the following AI disciplines: data science and machine learning (DSML), generative AI, and the emerging class of agentic AI. Despite the hype, a majority of organizations are still early in their AI journeys, experimenting selectively rather than deploying AI at scale throughout their core business processes.

2026-01-20

Workforce Planning and Analysis 2026

The Wisdom of Crowds® Workforce Planning and Analysis Market Study (4th Edition) provides a comprehensive, data-driven examination of a market that continues to expand in strategic importance. Based on research with organizations actively evaluating, purchasing, and using workforce planning and analysis solutions, the report explores adoption trends, use cases, buying dynamics, deployment models, and measurable business impact. As performance management extends beyond finance into workforce and operational domains, this study offers clear insight into how organizations are aligning talent, strategy, and execution across the enterprise. The report also includes objective, inclusive vendor ratings derived from our rigorous evaluation methodology, providing transparent perspective on provider capabilities and market positioning.

2026-02-16

Embedded Business Intelligence Market Study 2025

This year marks the 13th edition of this Embedded Business Intelligence report. As organizations increasingly prioritize embedding analytics within other applications, we explore the diverse requirements for integrating analytical functionality in context. In today’s fast-evolving market, where competition is intensifying and innovation is critical, making informed BI and analytics investments is more essential than ever. Our report is designed to guide businesses through these complexities, offering valuable insights into both functionality and strategy to help drive sustainable growth and maintain a competitive edge.

2025-12-10

Analytical Data Products Report 2025

This report examines a dynamic and increasingly convergent landscape—where organizations weigh the benefits of adopting a single-vendor analytical ecosystem versus assembling a best-of-breed architecture of specialized solutions. As enterprises seek to streamline operations, ensure scalability, and extract greater value from data, this decision has never been more strategic.

2025-11-17

Now Is Not the Time for Data Leadership Complacency

The prevalence of formal data leadership within organizations appears to be at least plateauing, if not slightly falling, and more organizations are pushing formal data leadership plans ahead into an indeterminate point in time or reporting no plans for leadership at all. Organizations that fail to accelerate their investments in formal data leadership—by establishing roles such as a chief data officer (CDO) or chief analytics officer (CAO), allocating budget to those roles, building teams around them and providing executive-level engagement and support—will rapidly fall behind their peers and become non-competitive in their markets. However, not all data leaders and executive management seem to realize this.

2026-01-27

The Office of Finance and Agentic AI—Better Get Used to It

Between 2028 and 2030, we expect artificial intelligence (AI) adoption by the Office of Finance to transform the function, enabling new capabilities that reduce costs and improve efficiency. Many agentic AI capabilities are now emerging within Office of Finance applications, and vendors will accelerate their ramp-up of these capabilities during this period.

2026-01-06

To Limit Spreadsheet Proliferation, Target Value-Added Scenarios

Despite all the years data leaders have spent trying to reduce the use of spreadsheets, the opposite has happened: Spreadsheets are more prevalent than ever, creating risks and challenges for data leaders and their organizations. Unconstrained growth in spreadsheet use leads to serious data governance risks and dilutes efforts to introduce more advanced and scalable BI and data analytics solutions.

2025-12-16