Business Intelligence


Q & A—Microsoft Details Reporting Services Features

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

Resistance to Hosted CRM Fades, Survey Finds

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

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

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

Hyperion Hits the Ground Running

Hyperion will resell several Brio products before its acquisition is complete

Data Quality Tools: Clearing Up Customer Confusion

On the surface, most data quality vendors appear to be marketing similar products. META Group analyst Doug Laney digs deeper to find substantial differences.

BI Vendor Consolidation: A Necessary Evil

Analysts warn that this summer's wave of consolidation is just the beginning

PeopleSoft: New Releases Prove Company Staying Focused

Enhancements and new products for PeopleSoft's CRM suite include regulatory compliance with the national Do Not Call list, synchronization with Notes and Outlook, and integration with SAP and Oracle back-office applications.

Cognos Ships Revamped Scorecarding Product

Metrics Manager version 2 improves flexibility, provides more relevant information to users

Intuit Joins CRM Fray

Company best-known for Quicken and TurboTax expected to announce a shrink-wrapped customer relationship management application.

SAS and eSecurity Deliver Security Analytics

New joint solution collects, correlates and normalizes data from nearly 200 different security sources, allowing customers to perform historical trending and analysis to detect attack signatures, potential incursions, and other anomalies.

Grids: Large BI Data Sets, Low Price

Grids offer an inexpensive alternative for processing terabytes of BI data

The Most Important Technology Vendor You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

SSA's acquisition of EXE Technologies will enhance its supply chain management and execution functionality, officials say

SuperGlue: A Sticky Solution for Meta Data Management

Informatica is betting product will form tight bond with customers

Why So Many BI Initiatives Fail

Balanced scorecards may help align what BI projects deliver with the strategic and operational information business users really want.

BI Industry Consolidation—You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

Meta Group advises BI customers to pick one of today’s heavyweights and use its stack as a base to begin reducing BI tool proliferation