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A new report, IDC�s Worldwide Business Intelligence Tools 2008 Vendor Shares , validates the growth of advanced analytics and SAS leadership. The research says SAS is the "overwhelming leader in advanced analytics" with a 33 percent market share, more than twice the sales of the next closest supplier and more than the next 16 vendors on the list combined.

"For the last three years in the BI tools market, the advanced analytics segment grew faster than the query, reporting and analysis segment," said Dan Vesset, IDC Program Vice President for Business Analytics Research and co-author of the report. "We believe that this trend will continue even as economic conditions remain a challenge."

IDC also notes that SAS was No. 2 in the overall Business Intelligence tools market and among the top five suppliers of query, reporting and analysis tools segment.

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Here is IDC Report Worldwide Business Intelligence Tools 2008 Vendor Shares (cost: $3,500)

Abstract
This IDC study examines the business intelligence (BI) tools market for the period 2006-2008. Worldwide market size with regional segmentation for Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia/Pacific (AP) is provided for 2008, with trends from 2006. This study also provides a competitive analysis, with revenue and market share for the leading vendors for 2008, with trends from 2006, as well as profiles of leading vendors.

"In 2008, BI tools market posted better-than-expected results, despite the economic downturn. However, a significant reason for the growth was the maintenance revenue as opposed to new license revenue. Nevertheless, BI investments remained one of the top priorities for end-user organizations. In 2008, the market grew 10.6% to reach $7.8 billion in worldwide software revenue." - Dan Vesset, program vice president, Business Analytics Solutions