The company's acquisition of UpShot Corp. expands its penetration into the hosted CRM market.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AxCell puts Intelligent Miner 8 to work so users can analyze data without having to know programming or math. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI production reporting facility comes to SQL Server 2000
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel and SAS Institute are combining their products and marketing efforts to target the mobile enterprise.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company talks about product shortcomings, multilingual support, and Excel-like report creation
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Survey of 100 senior managers shows highest level of customer satisfaction with PeopleSoft, worst with Oracle
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company announces second foray into hosted CRM
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Version 7.1 includes an improved NCR Backup, Archive, and Restore, along with improvements to performance and availability.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's RS, an add-on to SQL Server 2000, welcomed by competitors
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Group product manager for SQL Server explains the added value of Microsoft's new RS
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Avaki's Data Grid 4.0 is designed for highly distributed environments
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise 6.1 finally delivers on the promise of ETL
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CFOs' concerns about hosted CRM are no longer deal-breakers
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Over 90 percent of respondents concede they haven't invested in modeling and analysis tools to help them make sense of inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete data.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The requirements for compliance will soon become clear.  In the meantime, companies can gain greater control of, and visibility into, their financial data and transactions from a BI and DM solution that fits within a framework of financial governance.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A data cleansing tool, redesigned presentation graphics, and improved inferences for complex sample data are among the highlights of this predictive analytics suite
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tool combines production reporting and ad hoc reporting into a single product; Query Studio eases report development