Many technologies have fueled the evolution of BI from purpose-built tools in the 1990s to AI-infused tools today. The three most significant are artificial intelligence, the cloud, and mobile deployment. Each technology has disrupted the BI market, spawning startups with eye-popping capabilities and pushing BI incumbents to adapt quickly or fade away.

Today, leading BI solutions providers have wrapped all three technologies—plus many others—into a modern analytics platform that functions like a proverbial one-stop shop for decision making. A modern analytics (or BI) platform supports all modes of BI, all types of business users and teams, and any type of data. This report sheds light on how these three technologies are reshaping BI—working from the present backward—and what your organization needs to do to reap the benefits.