BI Next Gen: the 2026 guide to Business Intelligence
While 85% of BI projects fail to meet their objectives and 70% of employees lack access to the data they need, it’s time to rethink your strategy. Traditional BI, rigid and slow, can no longer keep up with the demands of a constantly evolving market.
How can new advancements in AI, the cloud, and automation transform your data into a true engine for growth and competitiveness? This white paper is your guide to moving from yesterday’s BI to the decision intelligence of tomorrow.
What you will find in this strategic guide
- Introduction: Why has traditional BI reached its limit?
- Part 1: The persistent challenges of traditional BI
- Part 2: BI Next Gen: A necessary and inevitable transformation
- Part 3: Moving to BI Next Gen in 2026: All indicators are green
- Part 4: Connecting BI to real business challenges
- Part 5: The direct impact on teams
- Part 6: The essential prerequisites for successful adoption
- Conclusion: Towards an intelligent decision agent
BI Next Gen: towards true decision intelligence
In a world that has never produced so much data, a dizzying paradox is taking hold in companies: if we are sitting on an informational gold mine, why are we still flying blind? The promise of a “data-driven” organization rings increasingly hollow when faced with the reality on the ground: rigid tools, persistent silos, and decisions that are still too often based on intuition.
This white paper isn’t just another report on the importance of data. It’s a clear-eyed dive into a technological dead end. Our experts analyze the symptoms that everyone sees but dares not name: the spread of “Shadow IT” born from team frustration, the “cost of inaction” that creates an invisible debt, and the paralyzing dependence on overworked IT departments.
In this context, how do we move from simple data collection to true decision intelligence that is automated and accessible to everyone?
Our experts lay out a pragmatic path forward, based not on a miracle technology, but on a profound paradigm shift. They explore the rise of conversational AI, which allows you to query data as if you were talking to a colleague; the urgency of automated governance to finally restore trust; and the vision of a future driven by a true “decision agent.”
The real question is no longer if this revolution will happen, but who will lead it. This white paper is for those who want to be its architects.
Diagnosis: BI in 3 key figures
- 60%
Of companies, according to Gartner, will not fully leverage the potential of AI by 2027 due to poor data governance. - From 7-10 days to real-time
The average time saved when moving from a manual reporting process to an automated, intelligent BI. - 30%
The proportion of employees who can actually use data to guide their decisions today, leaving 70% of your workforce to steer by instinct.
The 4 promises of this BI Next Gen 2026 strategic guide
- ✅ Transform your data into action: Move from passive analysis to proactive decision-making thanks to conversational AI, data discovery, and automation.
- ✅ Democratize access to insights: Give every employee the tools to explore data and generate their own analyses through a “self-service” model.
- ✅ Ensure the reliability of your decisions: Implement robust and automated data governance to ensure the consistency, quality, and security of your strategic information.
- ✅ Accelerate your transformation: Identify the most relevant use cases for your industry (Retail, Finance, Manufacturing…) and build a clear roadmap for successful adoption.
