If IBM already has a partnership with Ascential Software Corp, why has it just inked an agreement with Informatica?
New charting capabilities and improved performance are among the changes in version 1.1.
Companies are spending more to support line-of-business workers with data than on projects for strategic decision makers (read, executives). Such actions are intended to help organizations streamline costs and save money.
Enterprises look to Linux to cut costs, with financial services leading the charge, but will SCO's latest Linux lawsuits stymie demand?
A repackaged CRM Midmarket Edition, the product's lower price should appear to small and mid-sized companies. Siebel is working with third parties to provide fixed-price integration and implementation services.
Web-necessary CRM applications can enable new business processes that aren’t possible with on-premises CRM solutions.
Look for continuing consolidation (including a possible acquisition by SAS). The President and CEO of SAS also sheds light on packaged analytic applications, the convergence of production and analytic reporting tools, and the company's next version of its BI suite.
With sforce Toolkit for WebSphere, companies can tap WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Studio Application Developer to build CRM solutions that integrate customer and sales information with their own applications.
Data federating technologies—ETL, EII, and EAI—are the Next Big Thing, reports META Group, especially where unstructured content is concerned, but the virtual data warehouse’s biggest selling point—direct access to "fresher" source data—could be overblown.
Data Warehouse Maturity Assessment service helps enterprises maximize DW and BI investments.
Company revamps Essbase OLAP server and updates Hyperion Performance Suite
From a no-cost conversion program to new versions, the companies explain the user benefits.
NEON’s Shadow technology gives DataFlux customers native access to information residing in mainframe VSAM, DB2 and IMS data stores
The CEO of a business performance management consultancy says projects need a broker between IT and the business sponsor.
Product improves insight into corporate performance management by incorporating financial and operational planning processes into BI and scorecarding.
Release of the company's Reporting Services add-on for SQL Server won't stop distribution of the limited-use version of Crystal Reports with Visual Studio. Meanwhile, Business Objects introduces a lower-priced version of Crystal Enterprise for small-to-midsize companies.
Customer Data Hub serves as a single repository for data consolidation and cleansing.
Partnership highlights Teradata’s unique analytic strengths
Testers laud ability to create more seamless applications and its deeper level of report creation and management.
Niche specialists will find themselves competing against stronger companies that have acquired their struggling competitors. Organizations need to make contingency plans.