Business Intelligence


Informatica Doubles Down on Data Quality

Informatica’s courtship of two leading data-quality players helps to burnish its patina of openness

SPSS 14.0 Targets the Enterprise

SPSS introduced a new version of its flagship data mining and statistical analysis product the company says is its most enterprise-ready tool to date

Research Excerpt: Turning Business Intelligence into an Enterprise Resource (Part 2 of 2)

What organizations must do to transform BI from a departmental resource to an enterprise one.

SAS Revamps Data- and Text-Mining Tools

The last fortnight has seen a flurry of activity in the once-sleepy text-mining space

Case Study: RuffaloCODY Hones Its Analytic Chops

RuffaloCODY turned to a packaged-BI solution from MicroStrategy. The result: 50 percent growth in the last year alone.

Technology Preview: Oracle’s Next-Gen ETL Tool Comes into Focus

In the next-generation release of Oracle Warehouse Builder, due in January, Oracle officials promise a significant improvement

IBM Opens Up on Enterprise Search

Analysts give Big Blue a thumbs-up for both vision and execution



TDWI Report Excerpt: Turning Business Intelligence into an Enterprise Resource (Part 1 of 2)

What organizations must do to transform BI from a departmental resource to an enterprise one.

Actuate Pursues Unconventional Business Model with BI Reporting Tool Project

The Eclipse Foundation’s BI Reporting Tool is fast maturing into a viable Java reporting solution. What does this mean for Actuate?

TDWI Report Excerpt: Expanding the BI User Base

Data on how organizations are trying to expand BI's use

IBM Nabs DWL for Customer Data Integration

DWL makes IBM an instant force to be reckoned with in customer data integration

The Pros and Cons of Self-Service BI

Although self-service BI is a hit with many adopters, some IT pros question the wisdom of putting too much power in the hands of users

LogiXML Caters to Power Users with New Release

Tweaked product offers more control over querying and reporting

Cognos: Setting the Stage for Series 8

Cognos’ upcoming Series 8 release will be an important, perhaps pivotal, deliverable

IBM and Hyperion Call It Quits

DB2 OLAP Server licenses will transfer over to Hyperion Essbase, and Hyperion has pledged to offer maintenance, too

DATAllegro Announces Massive Data Warehouse Appliance

DATAllegro claims the new C25 appliance it announced last week is the lowest price-per-terabyte system on the market

Data Quality/Data Profiling Partnership Results in Buyout

Acquisition could be a winner for all involved

Business Objects Acquisition Signals Performance Management Ambitions

With SRC acquisition, Business Objects is more talkative about its performance management ambitions

Survey Says: BPM Goes Mainstream

BPM has long had an obscure relationship to BI

Microsoft's Challenge: Overcoming Crystal’s Dominance

Many enterprises still show a strong bias for Crystal Reports