When it comes to hosted CRM, Siebel puts its money where its mouth is
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company threatens to transform the data quality space, for large and small vendors alike, with its acquisition of Group 1.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New financial analytics module addresses compliance management
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hyperion and Microsoft aren’t the only OLAP vendors worth watching
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is Microsoft testing the waters as an analytics applications vendor?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    “Masala” to offer search and data-access enhancements, and brings the product closer to being able to manage both structured and unstructured data 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For BJ’s Wholesale, Hyperion’s Essbase OLAP server makes for happier—and more productive—end users
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Actuate's CEO discusses consolidation, integration, and cooperation, and his company's recent successes in the BI marketplace
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Address validation for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i.9 now possible, but only on Windows and Unix platforms for now
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In the era of Do Not Call, predictive analytics can turn inbound calls—even complaints—into potential sales
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Meanwhile, Microsoft builds bridges between Office and BI application vendors
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Analytics functionality permeates PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 release
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest release of HyperRoll also includes algorithms to boost OLAP performance
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BlackBerry-toting sales professionals will soon be able to view and update MySAP CRM data
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Updated OLAP engine outfitted with new enterprise planning, reporting features
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New development tool accelerates integration efforts
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies reposition themselves as full-fledged data integration specialists
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Vendors announce new tools for marketing automation, predictive marketing 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft may be setting its sights on business users with very little, if any, development expertise
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Predictive Model Markup Language gives applications a way to define statistical and data mining models and to share them with other PMML-compliant apps