Cloud BI: Challenges by Company Size

Security and legal issues are the biggest barriers to cloud BI for large and mid-size companies

Security and legal issues are the biggest challenges for large and mid-size organizations implementing cloud BI since they face more regulatory and investor scrutiny than smaller companies. The biggest challenges for small companies are security and politics.

Challenges when implementing cloud BI, by company size (n=163)

Companies that have not yet implemented cloud BI cite security and legal issues as the top reasons for holding out, especially large companies and mid-size companies.

Reasons not to implement cloud BI by company size (n=193)