Companies ally to develop enterprise-ready Linux solutions running on top of Unisys hardware
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An all-in-one approach to performance management has its merits, but companies should look beyond their ERP stacks, too
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM has quietly stitched together a data-access portfolio that helps position it as a prominent player in the burgeoning EII and BPM segments
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data profiling stalwart taps Similarity Systems to provide much-needed data quality capabilities
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft’s CRM suite is less than two years old, but it’s already being used by 1,600 customers
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After over five years in the making, the XML Query language standard is still missing in action
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With competitors claiming that the Crystal acquisition has been a dud, Business Objects preps the next major release of its BI suite
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Warehouse 8.0 boasts much of the plumbing that organizations will need to support service-oriented architectures
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company announces Smart Client, an end-user ad hoc query and analysis solution based on Microsoft’s .NET platform
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After several fits and starts, is Siebel finally getting serious about business intelligence?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rebrands ETL facility, beefs up Analysis Services, and hints at plans for ActiveViews end-user query and authoring technology
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    EII technology lets ProClarity use data from many more sources
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company expands focus from sales force automation to include customer service and support
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With compliance deadlines looming, is it too little, too late?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users can now tap SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services to report against Microsoft CRM data
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New offering supports relational and non-relational data stores, distributed and mainframe computing platforms
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    By aligning with middleware-rich IBM, PeopleSoft can talk up a strategy of its own to counter SAP’s NetWeaver and Siebel’s UAN initiatives
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s a problem with scorecarding, balanced or otherwise: No one knows if it actually works.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For data quality vendors, it’s not enough anymore to do name and address validation
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The ETL mid-market is in play, and Ascential, Informatica, and other vendors are taking notice