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— Eighty-five percent of TDWI World Conference Las Vegas attendees can’t
        keep up with changing requests from the business, according to new
        survey results posted today by Kalido, the leading provider of agile
        information management software.
    — While more than half (53 percent) of respondents agreed that their IT
        capabilities and business requirements were aligned, closer scrutiny
        shows that benefits of “alignment” are tenuous at best:
        — In total, 70 percent of respondents take more than a month to
          accommodate a new source of information, hindering the agility
          required by the business.
        — Nearly two-thirds of respondents with BI teams of 20+ take more
          than three months to integrate a new source of information into
          standard reports.
    — The report can be found here:

http://info.kalido.com/tdwi-survey-results.html        
     

More Money and People Aren’t the Answer

     
    — Twenty-seven percent of respondents require a team of more than 20
        people to support their BI environment, and 24 percent cite an annual
        budget of more than $1 million.
    — Because these organizations are likely to be larger and more complex,
        respondents with large teams and budgets had a disproportionate
        challenge in keeping up with business requirements.
        — Of the 22 percent who spend more than $1 million annually to
          maintain their data warehouse, only 12 percent feel that they can
          keep up with changing requests from the business.
        — Respondents who spend more than $1 million annually were almost
          twice as likely to spend more than three months reflecting a
          reorganization than others, and more than two and a half times
          likely to spend more than three months to integrate a new data
          source.
     
     

Survey Details

     
    — Kalido polled 119 attendees on February 14-15 at the TDWI World
        Conference in Las Vegas.
    — The complete survey report analyzes responses based on business and IT
        alignment, ability to support business agility and the impact of
        greater resources on success.
    — Full analysis of the results is available at

http://info.kalido.com/tdwi-survey-results.html        
     

Supporting Quotes

Allen Johnson, vice president of marketing and channels at Kalido, said:

     
    — “This survey reemphasized the gap between the need for business
        agility and the capabilities of the information supply chain. More
        than anything, it spotlights the futility of throwing more money and
        people at a dated approach.”
     
     

Supporting Resources

     

http://bit.ly/agile-it-kalido       — Join our March 21st webinar, “Lessons from Leaders: Ralph Hughes on

http://bit.ly/kalido-hughes       — Join the conversation by joining Kalido’s online community, Kalido

www.kalidoconnections.com           @kalido
    — Visit the Kalido blog, “Kalido Conversations,” at

http://blog.kalido.com        
     

About Kalido Kalido is the leading provider of agile information management software. Kalido enables companies to manage data as a shared enterprise asset by supporting the business process of data management. Kalido software has been deployed at more than 300 locations in over 100 countries, including 20 percent of the world’s most profitable companies as determined by Fortune Magazine. More information about Kalido can be found at: http://www.kalido.com .