Security still remains the biggest obstacle to implementing cloud BI, followed by legal issues, such as privacy regulations and contractual issues, and performance. Politics ranks fourth on the list, probably because the cloud represents potential job loss or relocation for IT professionals.

What are the major challenges facing your cloud BI and data management initiative? (n=163)

Given the challenges, more than a third of respondents rate their cloud BI deployments as highly successful, while a slight majority rates them as moderately successful. In the case of
cloud BI, the benefits outweigh the challenges — or organizations have been able to overcome the challenges.


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