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Brian McDonough
Research Manager, Analytics and Data Warehousing Software

Team: Business Intelligence and Analytics
Worldwide Software Research
Brian McDonough is a Research Manager in IDC's Analytics and Data Warehousing Software research service. In his role, Mr. McDonough is responsible for providing coverage of supply-side trends within the business analytics market as well as user demand for technologies related to the implementation of business analytics. Primary areas of coverage in 2006 include workforce and business analytics and decision process automation software, including data visualization and contextual business intelligence delivery. Mr. McDonough develops market sizing and forecasts growth for these markets as well as investigates and reports on market dynamics and software suppliers.

Previously at IDC, Mr. McDonough covered the enterprise portal software market and composite applications research. Prior to this focus Mr. McDonough covered several markets including knowledge management, accounting, human resources and payroll, maintenance management, project management and materials management. He introduced coverage for the treasury management, self-service procurement, workforce management and travel and expense management application software markets in 1999. Mr. McDonough served as IDC's Software Research Group's inquiry analyst in 1997 prior to joining the cross-industry applications research group.

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Mr. McDonough has a B.S. from Babson College where he majored in Finance with a concentration in Economics.

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IBM SPSS Decision Management: A New Offering That Supports Automated Tactical Decision-Making
Brian McDonough
May 2010 - Doc # lcUS22356010      IDC Link
On May 19, 2010, IBM announced the availability of the IBM SPSS Decision Management platform. The software release was accompanied with the release of two applications built on the platform for optimizing the processes of interacting with c ...
IBM to Acquire SPSS: Adds Brand Awareness, Predictive Analytics and Modeling to IBM's Business Analytics Solutions
Dan Vesset, Henry D. Morris, Susan Feldman, Brian McDonough
Jul 2009 - Doc # lcUS21951009      IDC Link
On July 28, 2009, IBM announced its intention to acquire Chicago-based advanced analytics software vendor SPSS for approximately $1.2 billion. SPSS controlled 4.2% of the total business analytics software market, making it the 11th largest ...

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Worldwide Supply Chain, Production Planning, Workforce, and Services Operations Analytic Applications 2009 Vendor Shares
Brian McDonough
Aug 2010 - Doc # 224427      Competitive Analysis
This IDC study presents the supply chain, production planning, services operations, and workforce analytic applications market growth and vendor share for 2007–2009.: "The workforce analytic applications market performed well consid ...
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Worldwide Financial Performance and Strategy Management Applications 2007–2009 Vendor Shares
Brian McDonough
Jun 2010 - Doc # 223923      Competitive Analysis
This IDC study examines the financial performance and strategy management software market for the 2007–2009 period. This study also provides a competitive analysis, with revenue and market share for the leading vendors for 2009, with tre ...
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