Computerworld / CIO.com reports that Enterprises will increasingly look for opportunities to tap self-service business intelligence systems and SaaS-based BI offerings in 2011. 
BI
With online ordering and online processing a standard with most SMBs on the web, most of these organizations experience data overload. Businesses can see reap increases in process efficiency and profits by digging sorting and using data that they have collected from years ago.
Many medium sized orgs reach a point when they have collected tons of data about their clients and either 1)they do not know how to handle that data, 2)they do not see the value in using their business data or 3)they do not have the staff or systems ready to leverage and dig sort and display business data. Managers at these organizations need to make a BI plan asap.
Self-service BI is one upcoming trend in 2011. Web based interactive querying and reporting tools that will put more data analytics into the hands of end users. These tools will give end users the ability to view business and service data and generate views and reports for specific service and job functions. Its all about empowering your clients to do more with their accounts. Service providers, give them more tools and they will stick with you longer.
Hadoop http://hadoop.apache.org/
Apache’s Hadoop is also expected to drive large amounts of data mining and lead the way to larger systems and warehouses in 2011.
Real-time analytics
Corporations with high analytics needs are using appliances such as SAP’s HANA when is intended to speed up analytics by keeping data in system RAM instead of disks. The in memory approach allows for faster processing and more in depth analytics then using relational DBs. The need for real time analytics is already here for many organizations and cache and flash memory are advancing to help deliver these needs.
More here:
http://www.cio.com/article/650620/Self_Service_BI_SaaS_Analytics_Will_Dominate_in_2011
