Business Intelligence


Life After BI Acquisitions: Users Paint a Mixed Picture

Most users with whom we spoke say they will stay with their installed product, and they can’t imagine using anything else. Some, however, indicate that if they’re not satisfied with Business Objects’ service and support, they may tap Microsoft Corp.’s forthcoming SQL Server Reporting Services.

Hyperion: Hitting Its Stride

With its acquisition of Brio complete, the company announces tentative product integration plans.

E.piphany Grows Customer Relationship Backbone

Suite's set of J2EE-based services supports customer-focused business processes, but the company's small user base may make it an attractive takeover target.

Q&A: MicroStrategy Right Where It Wants To Be

COO says company isn't worried about Microsoft's new SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

The State of Data Warehousing Never Looked Better

Doom and gloom? Not so, says TDWI's director of research Wayne Eckerson

SAS Jumps into the Services Fray

Analysts say the company is trying to extend its reach beyond bread-and-butter analytic applications

Business Objects Delivers on PeopleSoft Integration

Company makes good on its promised integration between Enterprise 6 and Peoplesoft's EPM suite—the only copy to offer such integration to date.



Netezza Challenges Teradata’s Dominance

Netezza Performance Server doubles performance and increases capacity to 81TB

Siebel Rising

The company's acquisition of UpShot Corp. expands its penetration into the hosted CRM market.

Case in Point: Democratizing Data Mining

AxCell puts Intelligent Miner 8 to work so users can analyze data without having to know programming or math.

Excitement Grows Over Microsoft’s Reporting Services Add-On

BI production reporting facility comes to SQL Server 2000

Microsoft Notches CRM Milestone

Microsoft Corp.’s first-generation customer relationship management (CRM) product may not have caught on like wildfire, but it’s certainly seen uptake in line with the software giant’s expectations.

Siebel to Expand Beyond Customer Analytics

Siebel may be taking a page from Microsoft Corp.’s strategy book, leveraging its market-leading customer relationship management application stack to expand into a larger market—enterprise business intelligence.

Intel and SAS Target Mobile Enterprise

Intel and SAS Institute are combining their products and marketing efforts to target the mobile enterprise.

XML/A: Truly Portable OLAP Getting Closer

A single API for exchanging analytical data between OLAP clients and servers—regardless of platform or language—is part of the promise found in a draft specification called XML/A.

Q&A: Actuate, Acquisitions, and the State of Enterprise Reporting

The company talks about product shortcomings, multilingual support, and Excel-like report creation

IT Dissatisfied with ERP Systems

Survey of 100 senior managers shows highest level of customer satisfaction with PeopleSoft, worst with Oracle

Siebel’s CRM OnDemand Gives Customers a Choice

Company announces second foray into hosted CRM

Teradata Revamps Warehousing Suite

Version 7.1 includes an improved NCR Backup, Archive, and Restore, along with improvements to performance and availability.

Microsoft Enters Reporting Services Market

Microsoft's RS, an add-on to SQL Server 2000, welcomed by competitors