IBM believes <A HREF="http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid91_gci1225372,00.html?track=sy240">the future of business intelligence</A> involves unstructured information, real-time analytics and semantic search--but the present revolves around partners not purchases. IBM's Information on Demand event this week had a special BI keynote speech and several relevant sessions, but despite Wall Street speculation that IBM would buy a BI vendor like Business Objects or Cognos, there were no big acquisition announcements.