SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 7, 2025--
The data crisis is here, with many companies struggling with legacy business intelligence systems that fail to meet their needs. The State of BI 2025Report, released today by Sigma and based on survey data from over 500 data professionals, business leaders, and BI users, offers a clear-eyed look at the technical and cultural realities holding organizations back—and outlines what needs to happen next.
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“The volume, variety, and velocity of today’s data have left businesses reeling,” said Mike Palmer, CEO of Sigma. “Our survey shows this industry is ripe for disruption. It’s up to us as leaders in the business intelligence space to provide solutions that address the technical, organizational, and cultural challenges that have become barriers to innovation. Data apps and AI-driven solutions are critical for helping businesses transform insights into action.”
The report surfaces three urgent truths shaping the future of BI:
1. Data Growth Is Outpacing Legacy BI Tools
Most BI tools weren’t built for the scale of today’s data, or the speed of decision-making now required.
2. AI Ambitions Are Colliding with Infrastructure Gaps
Organizations are eager to adopt AI, but most lack the data foundation to support it.
3. BI Is No Longer Just About Dashboards
The next wave of BI isn’t about reporting—it’s about enabling action.
The State of BI 2025 doesn’t just diagnose the problem—it outlines what comes next, exploring how BI challenges show up differently across company sizes, industries, and team structures. It also offers a roadmap for modernizing analytics, from embracing AI and writeback to building embedded data apps that eliminate delays and disconnects.
“Times change, and the future of BI is already here. AI, data apps, and writeback capabilities are no longer ‘nice-to-haves’ – they are features of BI solutions that are imperative to stay ahead. The survey shows SaaS sprawl remains a key roadblock to addressing today’s speed of business, with companies increasingly turning to modern BI solutions – and that’s where Sigma comes in on top,” added Palmer.
Explore the full survey findings here: https://www.sigmacomputing.com/state-of-bi/2025
Methodology:This study was conducted in partnership withGWIto over 500 data professionals, business leaders, and BI users across industries, using a robust, invitation-only sampling methodology to reach verified users of business intelligence tools across functions and industries. The survey was fielded from February 5–14, 2025.
About Sigma
Sigma is business intelligence built for the cloud. With a spreadsheet UI, business users can work in the formulas and functions they already know, while more technical users can write SQL and apply AI models to data. Sigma queries the cloud warehouse directly, making it incredibly fast and secure—data never leaves the warehouse, and Sigma can analyze billions of rows in seconds. Beyond dashboards and reports, teams use Sigma to build custom data apps, which integrate live data with end-user input. Sigma is the first analytics platform to enable data writeback, and continues to lead the market with innovation across AI, reporting, and embedded analytics.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Max Meyer carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the Miami Marlins salvaged the finale of a three-game series by beating the New York Mets 5-0 on Wednesday.
Matt Mervis homered and finished with three RBIs for the Marlins, who snapped the Mets’ six-game winning streak. Nick Fortes and Jonah Bride each had a run-scoring single.
The Mets hit just two balls out of the infield against Meyer (1-1) before Francisco Lindor’s single up the middle with one out in the sixth. The right-hander immediately induced Juan Soto to hit into a double play.
Soto finished 0 for 4 as his season-opening on-base streak ended at 11 games.
Meyer gave up a leadoff single to Pete Alonso in the seventh and exited after retiring Brandon Nimmo. The 6 1/3 innings tied a career high for Meyer, who walked two and struck out four.
PIRATES 2, CARDINALS 1, 13 INNINGS
Joey Bart singled in the winning run with the bases loaded in the 13th inning to give Pittsburgh a win over St. Louis, despite six hitless innings from Erick Fedde.
The Pirates loaded the bases against Chris Roycroft (0-2) with no outs as Alexander Canario and Bryan Reynolds drew walks. Andrew McCutchen hit into a force out at home plate, but Bart hit a drive to deep left field that bounced into the stands and scored automatic runner Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
The Cardinals took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Endy Rodriguez ended it with a two-out single off Phil Maton.
Fedde was pulled after throwing 88 pitches, 51 for strikes. He walked four batters, but none of the baserunners got past first base. He had just two strikeouts.
Mitch Keller pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings for the Pirates in a no-decision. He allowed four hits while striking out six and walking one.
Justin Lawrence (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
RANGERS 6, CUBS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Texas shortstop Corey Seager homered twice as the Rangers avoided a sweep in Chicago, beating the Cubs.
The two-time World Series MVP opened the game with a solo shot to left-center, and then lined another solo home run to right field in the seventh to put the Rangers up five. It was Seager’s 18th career game with multiple home runs and his first since August 19, 2024.
Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle (2-0) held Chicago to just two hits in seven innings. The right-hander allowed one earned run and lowered his season ERA to 1.32.
Shota Imanaga (2-1, 2.70 ERA) picked up the loss for Chicago, allowing a season-high five earned runs in five innings. The Japanese-born lefty struck out four while giving up seven hits, including two home runs.
Chicago had won seven of its last eight entering the series finale.
Seiya Suzuki hit a triple and subsequently scored in the fourth inning, and then had an RBI single in the ninth.
YANKEES 4, TIGERS 3
DETROIT (AP) — Max Fried threw seven scoreless innings to outduel high school teammate Jack Flaherty, Ben Rice hit a two-run homer in the seventh and AL MVP Aaron Judge drove in two more runs to help New York hold off Detroit.
The Tigers loaded the bases against Devin Williams with two outs in the ninth, scored one run on a wild pitch and chased the righty on Zach McKinstry’s two-run single to pull within a run.
Mark Leiter Jr. entered and ended the threat, getting Justyn-Henry Malloy out on a game-ending fly for his first save.
New York, which avoided getting swept in the three-game series, stopped a three-game losing streak and snapped Detroit’s five-game winning streak.
Fried (1-1) gave up five hits and had 11 strikeouts, two short of the career high he set last June at Boston.
Flaherty, who attended Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles with Fried, struck out nine and gave up three hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings.
PADRES 2, ATHLETICS 1
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Randy Vásquez gave up one hit over five innings and Xander Bogaerts had three hits and scored both of San Diego’s runs in a victory over the Athletics.
Vásquez (1-1) gave up the Athletics’ run with Adrian Morejon, Jeremiah Estrada, Jason Adam and Robert Suarez each pitching a scoreless inning of relief. Suarez got his third save.
Bogaerts scored in the third on Gavin Sheets’ sacrifice fly and in the fifth on Oscar Gonzalez’s single. Gonzalez, Manny Machado and Jason Heyward had two hits apiece.
The Padres took the rubber game of the three-game series without three top players. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth, who left Tuesday’s game with injuries, sat out Wednesday and are day-to-day. With Jackson Merrill going on the 10-day injured list before Tuesday’s game, Sheets was in the cleanup spot.
DIAMONDBACKS 9, ORIOLES 0
PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll homered for the second straight game, Pavin Smith added a two-run shot and Arizona beat Baltimore.
Brandon Pfaadt (2-1) threw six scoreless innings, giving up four hits and two walks while striking out three. The D-backs won two of three games in the series.
Arizona broke the game open with a five-run fifth inning to take a 7-0 lead. Smith started the scoring with his two-run homer that landed in the Chase Field swimming pool and then Josh Naylor added a solo blast, which was his first of the season and first with the D-backs.
With two outs, Alek Thomas was hit by a pitch, Jake McCarthy doubled and rookie Tim Tawa brought them both home with a line drive single to left.
Baltimore’s Dean Kremer (1-2) gave up six runs on eight hits and a walk over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out four.
GIANTS 8, REDS 6, 10 INNINGS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning, Jung Hoo Lee had three hits including a triple and a double, and San Francisco rallied from a five-run deficit for a victory over Cincinnati.
Wilmer Flores had three hits including a home run for San Francisco, which avoided a three-game series sweep.
Elly De La Cruz had a two-run double and Gavin Lux singled in two for Cincinnati in a five-run third inning.
The Giants trailed 6-1 in the sixth when Patrick Bailey tripled in a run during a four-run inning. Flores homered leading off the eighth to tie it.
Giants starter Justin Verlander struck out nine and gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. The 42-year-old, who signed a $15 million one-year contract in January, was coming off a forgettable home debut on Saturday against Seattle in which he lasted just 2 2/3 innings.
Erik Miller (1-0) pitched a perfect 10th inning for the win.
DODGERS 6, NATIONALS 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Teoscar Hernández homered and drove in three, including the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Los Angeles designated hitter Shohei Ohtani went 2 for 4 with singles in the first and seventh and a walk in the second. He scored two runs and raised his batting average to .315.
The Dodgers, who went 2-4 on their trip to Philadelphia and Washington, snapped the Nationals’ four-game winning streak.
Los Angeles rallied against Eduardo Salazar (0-1) in the seventh. Andy Pages homered with one out to tie it at 5, and Ohtani followed with a single. Tommy Edman walked two batters later, and Hernández floated a single to right field that scored Ohtani.
Kirby Yates (1-0) pitched the sixth for the Dodgers. Blake Treinen worked the ninth for his second save, stranding two runners in scoring position when James Wood grounded out.
Washington starter Jake Irvin yielded a single, a walk, a triple and Hernández’s fifth homer of the year to open the game, then didn’t permit another runner to reach third. He allowed four runs in six innings while striking out seven.
MARINERS 7, ASTROS 6
SEATTLE (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a grand slam in the eighth and drew the game-winning walk in the ninth as Seattle rallied for seven runs over the final two innings to beat Houston.
Arozarena’s slam trimmed Seattle’s deficit to one before the Astros made it 6-4 when Jeremy Peña scored on a wild pitch by Casey Lawrence (1-0) in the top of the ninth.
Julio Rodríguez delivered a two-run double in the bottom half to tie it, and a walk to Mitch Garver loaded the bases. Houston got a forceout at home before Bryan Abreu (0-1) walked Arozarena on a full count.
The Astros seemingly had the game in hand after Hunter Brown pitched two-hit ball over six shutout innings. They took a 5-0 lead into the bottom of eighth against a Mariners team that went 1 for 19 with runners in scoring position during a 2-1 loss in 12 innings Tuesday night.
Lawrence, called up from the minors Wednesday to provide relief for an overtaxed bullpen, pitched the final three innings, giving up two runs and four hits. Luis F. Castillo started for Seattle and threw 100 pitches in four innings, allowing four runs — three earned — in his second major league start.
GUARDIANS 3, WHITE SOX 2
CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Santana homered and Cleveland held off Chicago in a game that ended on a bizarre play.
The White Sox had the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth inning when Miguel Vargas singled through the hole at shortstop. Jacob Amaya scored and it seemed Mike Tauchman was going to tie the game before he appeared to injure himself while rounding third base.
Tauchman, who just came off the injured list after a right hamstring strain, was tagged out by catcher Austin Hedges for the final out after the throw from left fielder Steven Kwan.
Emmanuel Clase got his first save of the season, despite allowing three hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Paul Sewald (1-1) got the win.
BLUE JAYS 2, RED SOX 1, 11 INNINGS
BOSTON (AP) — Bo Bichette’s sacrifice fly in the 11th inning scored Ernie Clement and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. celebrated his contract extension with three hits as Toronto beat Boston.
Guerrero and the Blue Jays finalized a $500 million, 14-year contract that starts in 2026, a deal with a record $325 million signing bonus. Later, the slugger went 3 for 5 and scored the team’s first run.
Toronto’s Kevin Gausman worked eight innings, allowing one unearned run on four hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks. It was his longest outing since going eight innings on Aug. 8, 2024, and his 26th career game of 10 or more strikeouts.
Jeff Hoffman (1-0) went two scoreless innings for the win, and Nick Sandlin picked up his first save of the season.
Bichette drove in the winning run with a fly ball off right-hander Josh Winckowski (0-1).
Boston’s Tanner Houck went 6 2/3 innings, giving up one run on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts.
RAYS 5, ANGELS 4
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — José Caballero slugged his first career grand slam and Tampa Bay held on for a win over Los Angeles to snap a five-game losing streak.
Caballero gave the Rays a 4-0 lead in the first inning before the Angels hit solo homers in the second, fourth and fifth to cut the margin to one. Yandy Díaz added a solo homer in the seventh for a two-run cushion before Los Angeles’ Kyren Paris hit his second solo shot of the game in the eighth.
All six homers went to right field where down the line it is just 315 feet at George Steinbrenner Field, the Rays’ home while Tropicana Field undergoes repairs from hurricane damage last fall. Caballero’s homer — his first of the season — traveled 327 feet as did Díaz’s drive, also his first.
Paris’ homers were his fourth and fifth of the season. Jorge Soler hit his third and Taylor Ward his first.
Ryan Pepiot (1-1) went five innings and gave up three solo homers. Pete Fairbanks was the fourth Rays reliever and worked a scoreless ninth for his second save.
PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 3
ATLANTA (AP) — Trea Turner hit a tiebreaking homer off closer Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning and Philadelphia held on to beat Atlanta.
Turner’s first homer of the season came off a slider from Iglesias (0-2). The NL East rivals have split the first two games of their three-game series.
José Alvarado (2-0) got the final four outs for the win. Alvarado gave up a one-out single to Marcell Ozuna in the ninth before striking out Matt Olson. Austin Riley’s single up the middle moved pinch-runner Stuart Fairchild to third base, but then Alvarado struck out Sean Murphy to end the game.
TWINS 4, RYOALS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joe Ryan continued his mastery over Kansas City, giving up just two hits over seven scoreless innings in Minnesota’ victory over the Royals.
Ryan (1-1), who struck out four and did not give up a walk, is now 7-0 in nine career starts against the Royals with a 1.30 ERA in 55 1/3 innings.
Seth Lugo (1-1) threw 109 pitches for the Royals, allowing two runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.
BREWERS 17, ROCKIES 2
DENVER (AP) — Jackson Chourio homered and doubled to drive in five runs as Milwaukee cruised to a win over slumping Colorado.
The Brewers have taken the opening two games against Colorado to secure their first series win at Coors Field since 2018.
Brice Turang lined two singles for Milwaukee to give him a hit in all 12 games. The franchise record to open a season is 13 games by Dickie Thon in 1993.
William Contreras launched a two-run homer as part of a five-run third inning to break open the game. Chourio smashed a three-run shot in a five-run fifth.
It was a rocky ninth for reliever Seth Halvorsen, who overthrew first base on Chourio’s soft roller, allowing two runs to score. He then gave up a two-run homer to Christian Yelich as Milwaukee scored seven times in the inning.
Grant Anderson (1-0) earned the win in relief.
Miami Marlins' Max Meyer pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
