BLVD Status is the main protagonist of this post as it is new, thus news worthy. I discussed Google Analytics when it first came out, and will eventually write a review of Microsoft’s adCenter Analytics.

Piwik is not new… and, at least until recently, presented significant scalability concerns, as noted in a Web Analytics discussion group post by Matthieu Aubry, one of the developers:

… piwik has not been yet optimized for med to high traffic and this is in our roadmap for this summer. I wouldn’t recommend using piwik for websites that have more than 10k visits a *day*.

I think the best take away would be that Web Analytics reporting needs are varied, as are the tools available to support reporting and interpretation. While I mentioned various tools above, I only scratched the surface. There is no one right tool – the answer depends on a company’s potential competitive advantage from Web Analytics and the resources (people, time, money) available to invest. If Web Analytics is important, than a company really needs to do due diligence before committing to a solution. Naturally, there are consultants like me available to help them through the selection process.

an observation: this time it seems (to me) that your goal was to PR BLVD project, did they pay you for that? J/K!

OK, seriously- if you’re still available for the further discussions- let’s discuss next time the enterprise-scale systems, those required ownership of web analytics data?

I told you for example I can’t suggest using Google Analytics or any its web hosted clone (“better” or “worst” I don’t care) to my company, ‘coz I need the system that puts the data to a database installed on my server, so I’ll have access to this data for any other purpose, not only to see these sexy reports in my web browser

Today we’re seriously considering the use of http://piwik.org project, I suggest you to have a look at this article on ReadWriteWeb:
“Piwik: Open Source Google Analytics Alternative”
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/piwik_google_analytics_alternative.php

thank you in advance. Andrey