Business Intelligence


SWOT: Oracle to Acquire Hyperion Solutions

Oracle’s announced intention to acquire Hyperion Solutions leaves many users, analysts, competitors and partners wondering: what’s next?

Analysis: Behind Oracle’s $3.3 Billion Bid for Hyperion

There’s a lot of overlap between Oracle and Hyperion, but there’s at least one segment where there isn’t much overlap -- BPM.

A Tipping Point Prediction: More Predictive Analytics

From every direction, predictive analytics will prevail and pervade.

BI Decision-Making: The Human Factor

TDWI Keynote speakers Jonathan Wu and Jon Koomey focused on the ways in which human behaviors can drive, or impede, BI decision-making.

SAP Acquires Pilot for Strategy Management

SAP AG week moved to close the loop on business performance management with its acquisition of strategy management specialist Pilot Software.

TDWI Conference Wrap: Focus on the Human Side

The human side of BI poked its head over the data last week at TDWI’s World Conference in Las Vegas.

The Appliance Tipping Point: Commoditization

DATAllegro last week unveiled an off-the-shelf data warehouse appliance based on hardware from partners Cisco, Dell, and EMC.



Information Builders Claims an Enterprise Search ‘First’

Does IBI really intend to position WebFOCUS Magnify, its newest search offering, as a BI first? You betcha.

Adobe Acquisition Paves Way for BI Foray

Is Adobe preparing to make a big BI splash?

BI in 2007: For Some, The Year of Living Mundanely?

What’s on tap for 2007? Many rank and file BI pros say to forget MDM, BSO, or other such novel acronyms; they’re focusing on more mundane stuff.

Business Objects Unveils SMB-Friendly Reporting Tool

Business Objects has the makings of a formidable mid-market stack.

Reaction Time: Teradata Users Express Cautious Optimism

What do Teradata users think about the data warehousing specialist’s upcoming split from parent company NCR?

Goodbye Sunopsis, Hello Coopetition: Oracle Unveils Oracle Data Integrator

Oracle this week announced its first rev of ODI, along with an updated version of the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search tool it announced a year ago.

Microsoft’s PerformancePoint Server Coming into Focus

With PerformancePoint, Microsoft has a plausible reason to crow.

BI Heavies Look to the Mid-Market

For SME firms with limited IT know-how, BI is an especially tough nut to crack. It’s a nut BI players of every stripe desperately want to crack, however.

MicroStrategy’s Dashboard Splash

Call it a fashionably late, but nevertheless feature-complete arrival.

Oracle’s BI Suite Reborn?

The revamped BI Suite incorporates analytic technology from the former Siebel Systems Inc., which Oracle acquired 16 months ago.

Sales Force Automation, SaaS-Style—It’s Xact-a-Mundo

If you haven’t yet heard of SaaS BI startup Xactly, consider yourself duly informed.

Teradata’s Split from NCR: Not Exactly Kramer vs. Kramer

Who will get what when Teradata splits from parent company NCR? Oddly enough, that doesn’t seem to be an issue.

PowerPlay: Cognos Gobbles up Celequest

Not all industry watchers see genius in the deal, but those who do say Celequest gives Cognos some serious dashboard muscle.