SQL Server 2005 BI enhancements could pose significant migration, re-education issues
As Salesforce.com swims up market, should SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft embrace hosted CRM?
New data warehousing bundle taps IBM’s DB2 database, MicroStrategy’s BI platform
Users say they’re mostly satisfied with the six-month-old version 1.0 product—although almost all have a pet peeve or two they’d like Microsoft to fix
A merger marked by complementary products that work synergistically—we talk with Business Objects about their acquisition
New data monitoring component to assist validation, compliance efforts
New data extraction tool boasts .NET underpinnings, OLE DB, RSS support
Acquisition seen as consistent with Big Blue’s middleware-centric BI strategy
New BI enhancements pass regulatory-compliance muster
Enterprise ETL tools must address scalability, developmental, connectivity, and availability requirements
Bottom line: IT can spend less time interacting with the business and more time dealing with strategic problems
New offering extends MicroStrategy’s reach into the high-end
New Aggregate Storage Option significantly increases performance and handles larger cube sizes
Microsoft's Service Pack 1 adds support for legacy versions of Excel, improves pagination and matrix rendering performance
New add-in lets users exploit Excel to perform common tasks
Company beats its self-imposed deadline by a single day
New release from Trillium highlights increasing importance of Web services in data quality space
In the era of Do Not Call, predictive analytics can turn inbound calls—even complaints—into potential sales
Meanwhile, Microsoft builds bridges between Office and BI application vendors
Analytics functionality permeates PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 release