Business Intelligence


Siebel Rising

The company's acquisition of UpShot Corp. expands its penetration into the hosted CRM market.

Case in Point: Democratizing Data Mining

AxCell puts Intelligent Miner 8 to work so users can analyze data without having to know programming or math.

Excitement Grows Over Microsoft’s Reporting Services Add-On

BI production reporting facility comes to SQL Server 2000

Siebel to Expand Beyond Customer Analytics

Siebel may be taking a page from Microsoft Corp.’s strategy book, leveraging its market-leading customer relationship management application stack to expand into a larger market—enterprise business intelligence.

Microsoft Notches CRM Milestone

Microsoft Corp.’s first-generation customer relationship management (CRM) product may not have caught on like wildfire, but it’s certainly seen uptake in line with the software giant’s expectations.

Intel and SAS Target Mobile Enterprise

Intel and SAS Institute are combining their products and marketing efforts to target the mobile enterprise.

Q&A: Actuate, Acquisitions, and the State of Enterprise Reporting

The company talks about product shortcomings, multilingual support, and Excel-like report creation



XML/A: Truly Portable OLAP Getting Closer

A single API for exchanging analytical data between OLAP clients and servers—regardless of platform or language—is part of the promise found in a draft specification called XML/A.

IT Dissatisfied with ERP Systems

Survey of 100 senior managers shows highest level of customer satisfaction with PeopleSoft, worst with Oracle

Siebel’s CRM OnDemand Gives Customers a Choice

Company announces second foray into hosted CRM

Teradata Revamps Warehousing Suite

Version 7.1 includes an improved NCR Backup, Archive, and Restore, along with improvements to performance and availability.

Microsoft Enters Reporting Services Market

Microsoft's RS, an add-on to SQL Server 2000, welcomed by competitors

Q & A—Microsoft Details Reporting Services Features

Group product manager for SQL Server explains the added value of Microsoft's new RS

Rx for Enterprise Information Integration Woes

Avaki's Data Grid 4.0 is designed for highly distributed environments

Business Objects Updates Next-Gen BI Suite—Again

Enterprise 6.1 finally delivers on the promise of ETL

Resistance to Hosted CRM Fades, Survey Finds

CFOs' concerns about hosted CRM are no longer deal-breakers

Survey Says: Poor Data Quality Is Costing You Money

Over 90 percent of respondents concede they haven't invested in modeling and analysis tools to help them make sense of inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete data.

Sarbanes-Oxley: The Role of Business Intelligence and Data Management

The requirements for compliance will soon become clear. In the meantime, companies can gain greater control of, and visibility into, their financial data and transactions from a BI and DM solution that fits within a framework of financial governance.

SPSS 12: Better Output is Just the Beginning

A data cleansing tool, redesigned presentation graphics, and improved inferences for complex sample data are among the highlights of this predictive analytics suite

Cognos: ReportNet Takes Center Stage

Tool combines production reporting and ad hoc reporting into a single product; Query Studio eases report development