Business Intelligence


Pentaho Touts All-in-One Value of Open-Source Suite

If open-source BI is a suite proposition, Pentaho is a sort of meta-suite

How BI Buying Habits Are Changing

Many customers are adjusting -- in some cases drastically -- their BI buying and deployment habits.

Q&A: Prebuilt Apps Address BI Complexity

It's no longer sufficient to simply provide people with the ability to get answers. You must give them the right questions to ask.

Niche Performance Management Vendors Thrive Despite Consolidated Market

IBM, Oracle, and SAP grab most of the attention, but a swarm of upstart performance management players helps keep things interesting.

Aster Touts Deep Analytics, Recoverability

Aster Data must distinguish itself to compete in a teeming DW segment

BI for the Small and Mid-size Business

BI tools for small and mid-size businesses can do what the top-tier solutions can, but buyers must first figure out what they really need.

Data Quality Management: Getting More from Your BI Investment

Data quality can put your organization on the defense or offense depending on how well you manage it.



Microsoft's PerformancePoint Shake-up

Why did Microsoft shuffle PerformancePoint Server into its SharePoint Server group, and how will the shake-up affect customers?

Analysis: Data Quality is Job Number 1

BI tools are only as good as the quality of the data they work with. Analyst Michael Schiff is still surprised at how many BI professionals still ignore this fact.

Informatica's Future Bright Thanks to

Officials forecast business almost as usual in 2009

TDWI Keynote Preview: Creating a Metrics-Driven Organization

A preview from keynote presenter David Hsiao that focuses on metrics, including selecting the right key performance indicators.

TDWI Keynote Preview: The Future of BI

Claudia Imhoff and Colin White preview their keynote presentation at TDWI's World Conference in Las Vegas.

Q&A: Building Simpler Data Bridges with Open Source and SaaS

What’s driving the interest in software as a service, and how can the right integration solution move the integration process out of IT and into the hands of tech-savvy business analysts?

IBM Cognos Introduces All-in-One BI Solution for Retailers

A punishing business climate provides an opportunity of sorts -- for companies willing to grasp it.

In Tough Economy, Vendors Stress Value

BI vendors have remarkably self-serving views on how and where your company should direct its IT dollars in these tough economic times.

Analysis: Commoditizing Analytics

Can analytics be a commodity? LucidEra's Pipeilne Healthcheck evaluates a company's sales process in 48 hours. Some experts say it's the new face of analytics.

Jaspersoft's Strong December Attests to Popularity of Open Source BI

Open source reporting specialist Jaspersoft finished the year on a high note

Free Online Self-assessment Helps BI Professionals Gauge MDM Readiness

Is your organization ready to adopt and deploy master data management?

Q&A: The Challenge of Good Performance Management

Users are paying greater attention to features that meet their needs in BI software. What’s behind good organizational performance management?

Netezza Announces New Interoperability with Microsoft's BI Platform

Netezza's interoperability play with Microsoft is either a big deal for Netezza or an even bigger deal for Microsoft