>SAS’s share slipped from 14.3% in 2009. IBM’s share also fell, from 12.2%, but IBM CEO Sam Palmisano highlighted analytics as a growth area with “excellent momentum” in the company’s Q1 earnings press release on Tuesday.

That's normal. SAS is most expensive BI solution and SAS doesn't a complete solution. If you buy SAS you have to buy extra tools like xcelsius ...