Business Intelligence


Business Objects Delivers XI

Newly updated suite bridges the gap, once and for all, between Crystal’s product line and the company’s own classic offerings

Q&A: Why Cognos is Bullish on 2005

For Cognos, 2004 was a big year, but officials say customers haven’t seen anything yet

Non-data-warehouse ETL Usage Growing

Increasingly, ETL is being tapped to support non-data warehousing activities, such as database consolidations and migrations

Single Solution is Top Reporting-Tool Requirement

Organizations demand all-in-one reporting tools that address their operational, analytic, and financial reporting requirements

Is Social Networking the Next Big CRM Application?

Could social networking emerge as an extension of bread-and-butter CRM functionality?

PeopleSoft Acquisition Impact Ripples throughout BI Market

From PeopleSoft’s thriving CRM practice to partnerships with several BI giants, Oracle’s triumph could prove disruptive on several fronts

Actuate Tackles Excel's Two Biggest Shortcomings

Actuate’s revamped e.Spreadsheet addresses two of Excel’s biggest shortcomings: Complexity and security



Oracle Unveils New BI Bundle, More on Data Hub at OracleWorld

With a new branded BI suite and a Data Hub-centric view of information integration, Oracle is getting serious about business intelligence

Cognos Announces New Partnerships, Updated Products

BI giant announces new EII partnerships for ReportNet, revamped Cognos Planning tool, new Cognos Controller offering

Business Objects Makes Its Case to Users

At a user conference last month, company officials worked overtime to sell users on Business Objects’ upcoming XI release. Initial reaction from analysts: a thumb's up.

SQL Server 2005 Gets One Step Closer to Reality

Users are already buzzing about the next version of SQL Server

BI Trends to Watch in 2005

The coming year should look a lot like 2004, although new several trends will loom large.

Making the Case for XML/A

Some companies are tapping XML/A to expose OLAP services to Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other unconventional clients

Hyperion Claims OLAP Performance Crown

Company taps little-used APB-1 benchmark to best its own OLAP best result

Brio and Crystal: Customer Satisfaction One Year Later

Now that customers have had about a year to get a feel for what Hyperion and Business Objects have in store, what are their impressions?

Salesforce.com Must Walk Fine Line

As it grows its CRM services stack, Salesforce.com must grapple with a host of new challenges.

Survey: Executives Still Don't Take Data Quality Seriously Enough

In a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the company found that data quality is still a serious issue to which executives still aren't paying enough attention.

Archiving Data to Increase Data Warehouse Performance

Customers turn to data archiving to address data warehouse performance, availability woes

Cognos Delivers Linux Support

Cognos this week delivered a Linux-ready version of its ReportNet enterprise-reporting product

HyperRoll Guarantees Improved BI Query Performance with $25,000 Challenge

The company hopes that a $25,000 bet can buy a lot of good publicity—and perhaps even a few customer wins