Organizations leverage business intelligence (BI) and analytics to solve business problems and improve operations. These software platforms convert data into actionable intelligence that arms companies with the information they need to make tactical and strategic business decisions.

However, today’s business environment is extremely complex. Data comes from an ever-growing number of sources, and it needs to be easily consumed by diverse business users -- not just data analysts. In order to keep up with dynamic business changes and growing data complexity, BI and analytics need to change, too. Forbes lists five predictions we'll see pick up steam in the analytics market in 2019.