This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J7320107) analyzes the Japan BA (business analytics) solutions market in 2006 and provides forecasts for 2007 through 2011. In 2006, the Japan BA solutions totaled 757.3 billion yen, up 5.3% from the previous year. We forecast that the Japan BA solutions market will have a CAGR of 5.6% from 2006 to reach 993.3 billion yen in 2011.
"Business managers will go for BA solutions as a method to visualize and effectively manage information to realize internal controls," observes Tomoko Akagi, Group Manager, Software, IDC Japan.