Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc. surveyed IT decision makers at 1,078 enterprises with more than 1,000 employees and found that about 13% plan to purchase BI software for the first time in 2007.
Forrester also found that many large companies plan to upgrade their ERP and customer relationship management (CRM) systems while simultaneously beefing up security of infrastructure software and middleware deployments.
"Business intelligence software will represent the top application purchase, and enterprise resource planning will remain the top major upgrade, while messaging, email and collaboration software will lead the pack for minor upgrades," Forrester research analyst Ray Wang said in an interview.
