XML and Web services make SQL Server a more interoperable player for BI; both are seen as mixed blessings by IT pros, too.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gartner’s most recent RDBMS market share figures amount to a vindication of sorts for the business intelligence industry; Teradata’s revenues surge by more than 17 percent
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CRM kingpin Siebel continues to struggle even as scrappy newcomer Salesforce.com enjoys surprising success.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PMML recasts the data warehouse as a turnkey platform for real-time data mining.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Netezza fleshed out its line of with new 50 and 100 TB offerings; the latter is nearly quadruple the size of its existing high-end product
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Kalido last week showcased an updated version of its popular application suite, complete with improved MDM capabilities
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft sends a shockwave through the business intelligence market with its new BPM and scorecard product called “Maestro”
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If a spate of recent EII-related events is any indication, that technology might soon become a must-have checklist feature for many vendors
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Meet MDM, the latest hot technology practice
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to users who’ve put the updated Reporting Services through its paces, Microsoft just may have something to crow about
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    XQuery’s tardiness is wearing on some long-time supporters such as Microsoft, which plans to drop XQuery support from its .NET framework
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM’s competitors say some Ascential users could be left in the lurch as Big Blue pursues a much broader information-integration vision.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Because of several outside drivers, organizations could soon face a come-to-enterprise-ETL moment—whether they want to or not
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DataFlux adds support for real-time, heterogeneous connectivity to its market-leading data quality tool
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s a lot more upside than downside in SAP’s actions
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Business Objects enters into alliance with open-source database vendor MySQL
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next version of Reporting Services for SQL Server 2005 will marry developer facility with an intuitive and easy-to-use client-side console designed expressly for business users
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many customers are dong just fine with scripting or programmatic SQL. So when is an enterprise ETL tool the right choice for you?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pervasive BI enables organizations to make better decisions faster.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Building on last month’s Multiforce initiative, Salesforce.com plans to branch out from its hosted CRM roots