In a world where data, and the need for data-driven decisions, is growing rapidly, business intelligence is fast becoming the most strategic use of information across organizations, according to Jennifer Schmitz, product marketing manager for Cognos.
Infrastructure boundaries are fast disappearing, says data integration specialist Informatica, and organizations are scrambling to manage data as an asset
End users will gain control thanks to give emerging technologies
We talked with Martin Boyd of Silver Creek Systems, about product data quality.
In a world of economic uncertainty, Xactly officials say the company's value proposition has never seemed more attractive to potential customers.
What are the barriers to making business intelligence truly pervasive in your organization? In this interview, Bob Abernethy of Strategy Companion discusses methods to help spread BI not only throughout your company, but beyond -- to partners, suppliers, and customers.
How do you measure those hard-to-reach functions where bookkeepers don't go? Experts share their advice.
Cross-system data analysis is part of the critical path of any MDM project.
Infobright says its Brighthouse data warehouse works "smarter, not harder" to accelerate query performance
We recap the 10 major lessons learned during TDWI's Master Data Management Insight 2008 Conference
History shows that periods of heavy mergers and acquisitions, such as we’re seeing now in the business intelligence software sector, are followed by periods of slow innovation, as large companies focus on integrating their acquisitions. That’s one of the observations of JasperSoft CEO Brian Gentile, who sees the agility of open source BI offering an alternative to the high price points, and complex features and architecture of the largest BI packages.
One vendor whose enthusiasm hasn't diminished is Composite Software, which recently announced a new version of its flagship EII suite
Enterprise data models have a host of benefits that your enterprise can enjoy. We explore the benefits and uses of an EDM.
Thanks to its new ETL component, LogiXML's Web-based BI suite can address many common integration difficulties -- all in a Web-based context
Real-time is viral: once one business unit has it, others will clamor for real-time access, too. The question is -- does your organization really need it?
BI shows signs of spreading to mainstream business applications. Case in point: QuickBooks Enterprise 8.0 has it built in.
In this interview, Hewlett-Packard’s Rich Ghiossi, director of marketing, business intelligence, HP Software, discusses how operational BI can finally fulfill the long-awaited potential of BI: getting the right information to the right people at the right time.
We examine the steps your organization must take to develop an enterprise data model
CDBMS stores data values, not records or tables, to reduce analytic response time by increasing query flexibility
With a newer, leaner WebFOCUS PMM offering, IBI takes its operational performance management message to small and midsize businesses