Expertise in BI doesn’t automatically translate into job security, practitioners say—although it certainly doesn’t hurt.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle could leverage its acquired analytic and performance management capabilities to become a formidable business intelligence power
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PerkinElmer tapped a BI solution from Business Objects SA to consolidate its disparate BI holdings
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With slightly more than a month to go until launch, it looks as if SQL Server 2005 is finally a done deal—and that’s a big deal for BI pros.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In the wake of Oracle’s stunning Siebel gambit, is there a future for a Teradata-friendly Siebel Analytics suite? Teradata officials say so.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Louisiana legislators lobby for $250 billion in federal aid, the need for transparency into the distribution of those funds becomes ever more clear.   The time has come for a Web-based performance dashboard to unravel the complexities and fiscal practices of government.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apex tapped a BI infrastructure from SAS to help illuminate its 4 TB healthcare information warehouse.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users say performance and usability improvements make Cognos 8 a much more attractive package
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the explosive growth of data volumes, the expansion of user bases, plus the perpetual danger of hacking and other such perils, CIOs these days consider data security to be a top priority.  This white paper offers a check-list of ten fundamental steps companies can take to secure their data assets.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cognos may have snared lots of newsprint last week, but Business Objects wasn’t exactly out to lunch. The BI giant picked up a new CEO, named a CSO, and also announced a spate of new solutions for the mid-market. But what exactly does the CEO switch-up mean? 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    First PeopleSoft, now Siebel Systems: Oracle Corp.’s appetite for large-scale acquisitions seems insatiable.  Larry Ellison’s company can now trumpet the availability of best-in-breed database, human resources (HR), customer relationship management (CRM), and analytic software. What does it all mean? 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SP1 delivers a graphical metadata development tool, support for VBA, and a new scripting language
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If early feedback from analysts and users is any indication, Cognos appears to have a winner in its Series 8 BI Suite
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Devastated by hurricane Katrina, New Orleans now enjoys its greatest opportunity of all time. Business intelligence technology must be leveraged to ensure a successful rebirth of the "City that Care Forgot."
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tales from the front lines: How a BI director revitalized a failing data warehouse
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Acquisition of Firstlogic takes one of the few remaining independent data quality players off the market
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ever since introducing its debut data warehousing appliance in March, DATAllegro has competed aggressively against appliance pioneer Netezza
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Salient promises real-time visibility into profit and loss from virtually any domain perspective
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If IBM’s new Linux-powered bundles look and sound like data warehousing appliances, are they, in fact, data warehousing appliances?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a new knowledge encapsulation feature and improved scheduling and security, OWB Paris looks like the real deal