The PowerBIMap browser is an interactive tool offered on the website and includes ALL participants of the Power BI ecosystem. It allows visitors to select, browse, sort and search intuitively by vendor, product and success story. The data in the browser is collected top-down from different sources and combined with data from the questionnaire completed by the vendors themselves. BARC only corrects obviously false or misleading information.
The PowerBIMap is a static PDF, showing the analysts’ view of the Power BI ecosystem – at a certain point of time for a certain region. It integrates the most important and most visible vendors based on analyst research. The team defining the PowerBIMap comprises experts from different markets across the world including the United States, Europe and Asia. The PowerBIMap is updated on a regular basis throughout the year. The 2020 version for German speaking countries has already been released. Editions for North America, Middle East and Benelux are currently being prepared.
The website consists of three innovative browser objects: Solutions, Consultants and Success Stories. Depending on the data you provide, you will be visible in one, two or all three browser objects. Additionally, the website includes a (non-technical) blog about market developments in the Power BI ecosystem and an overview of webinars around the Power BI platform as well as some helpful links.
How is the product (solution) browser structured?
The main sections are Visuals, Dashboards, Apps, Data Management and Connectors.
The Consultant browser allows you to sort, select and search consulting vendors by multiple criteria such as country (home country as well as countries in which services are delivered), service offering, further Microsoft competencies, other BI products supported and many more.
The Success Story library allows visitors to search customer stories by name, country, industry and region.
In all browser objects the search function is a powerful way to filter whatever you like. Just type some letters in the search box and try filter by region, technology or any other term.
Any software vendor or consultancy that offers products and services around Power BI is welcome to add their profile. An official partnership status with Microsoft is not required. BARC reserves the right to exclude vendors that provide misleading or false information.
The main criteria for software add-ons are status at Microsoft (Power BI certified, Co-selling), innovation and quality of the product, depth of Microsoft integration and market visibility (presence in marketing, partnerships, #of customers, #of success stories). For consultancies, the criteria are status at Microsoft (especially Data Platform and Data Analytics certification), #of success stories, market visibility (presence in marketing, speaker engagements, community engagements) and special expertise.
The initial phase of the launch is funded by 9 sponsors as well as by our enthusiasm for the fast-moving BI and reporting market. Nevertheless, all entries in the PowerBIMap are completely independent from sponsorship activities. PowerBIMap is based on the strong principle of showing a complete and unbiased picture of the Power BI ecosystem.
The PowerBIMap is an initiative of BARC, the best known BI software market analyst in Europe. Each year, BARC publishes “The BI & Analytics Survey”, the largest independent survey on the use of BI systems worldwide (formerly known as “The BI Survey”). The 2020 edition will mark its 20th anniversary. Stefan Sexl, chief editor of PowerBIMap, is a fellow of the BARC Institute and former co-founder of one of the major European Microsoft BI and Power BI consultancies. Additionally, a network of experts around the world with long-time experience in the Microsoft BI market space will be providing their expertise.
For North America – the largest software market in the world (and the market with the highest number of Power BI partners) – we are honored to welcome Donald Farmer, former “face of Microsoft BI” in Redmond, as our partner and main contributor for the future development of PowerBIMap.
No, this is an independent activity. That is why vendors without official partner status can also be included. We see ourselves as a platform that adds significant value to the ecosystem and consider PowerBIMap as complementary to the market overviews provided directly by Microsoft.
Feel free to contact powerbimap@bi-survey.com if you have any further questions.
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Donald Farmer PowerBIMap North America |
Stefan Sexl PowerBIMap Europe |
Norman Manley PowerBIMap Benelux |