Killer HCM analysis

Tony Ashton from SuccessFactors says it like it is.....

http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=534355082

OBIEE and Credit Cards - predictive analytics vs operational reporting.

How easily data can be consumed will determine what data is being consumed. This is the same principle that is  behind the explosion of credit cards. How easily money can be spent determines how much will be spent. I see this to be true of information systems too especially when IT managers are struggling to supply relevant data to end users in a timely fashion. The slew of reporting tools and functional applications have yet to catch up on the GUI side which is being driven by consumer software. With mega tools like OBIEE and businessObjects taking 6 months to develop and 6 months to implement , by the time which KPI's will change does it makes sense to even use these multi million $ tools ? Is there a gap here ? Are IT managers using end user operational reporting tools to meet the needs of predictive analytics ?
Will IT managers and architects realize this ? More to come later....