Mark Rittman, founder of Rittman Mead, discusses Oracle's approach to hybrid BI deployments and how it aligns with Gartner's vision of a modern BI platform. He explains how Oracle BI 12c supports both traditional top-down modeling and bottom-up data discovery. It also enables deploying components on-premises or in the cloud for flexibility. Rittman believes the future is bi-modal, with IT enabling self-service analytics alongside centralized governance.