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Coral8 Upgrades CEP Engine
Coral8 Engine Release 5.4 includes greater configuration flexibility and enhancements to the vendor's Continuous Computation Language.
Jaspersoft Releases iReport For NetBeans
iReport is being offered as a plug-in for the integrated development environment, which is used to build Java desktop applications.
Oracle Reports More Than 23,000 Downloads Of Its iPhone Apps
While Apple iPhone apps have a small presence in the business world, IT execs at Disney, Genentech, and Kraft are endorsing the iPhone.
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Mary Hayes Weier
SAP Business Objects Takes Next Steps on Performance Management, BI
Outlooksoft, Pilot and Cartesis applications 'integrated' with NetWeaver and BusinessObjects XI. Xcelsius presentation app hits the desktop, while SAP customers get free Crystal.
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Doug Henschen
BI Tools Can Slice And Dice Data Without A Data Warehouse
A medical center is using DataWatch's Web-based Monarch BI Server to analyze patient data from lab reports and other sources to improve care.
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Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Fair Isaac Upgrades Xpress-MP Suite
The decision management software includes new optimization solvers and features for fine-tuning the product to meet the user's specific needs.
How To Get A Data Quality Initiative Off The Ground
Overly ambitious data-quality professionals get shot down because trusted data will not directly increase revenue, reduce costs or improve operational efficiencies, key criteria for getting funding approved, Forrester Research says.
SQL Server 2008 Available For Free Public Trial
Users looking to try out Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 can download a fully functional copy free of charge and run it for up to 180 days.
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Paul McDougall
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008
The upgraded database includes improved data compression, better scalability, and easier management of concurrent workloads.
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J. Nicholas Hoover
BI Executive Bill Baker Leaves Microsoft
Long-serving executive helped grow the business intelligence product line from its roots in Microsoft SQL Server.
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Doug Henschen
Actuate Upgrade Bridges Strategic and Operational Performance Management
With an interface for every user type and eight extendable BIRT report layouts, Views 8 app is said to go from strategic scorecards down to operational exception reports.
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Doug Henschen
SAS Acquires SaaS-Based Specialist in Dynamic Price Optimization
Deal nets online profit optimization platform. New global practice will branch out from hotels to events, online advertising and other potential markets.
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Doug Henschen
IBM Brings Cloud Computing To Earth With Massive New Data Centers
Big Blue plans to build a data center in North Carolina and open a "cloud computing center" in Tokyo at a cost of nearly $400 million.
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Richard Martin
Dow Jones Connects On-Demand BI App To LinkedIn Social Network
Contacts from the business-oriented social network can be imported into G2, which maps relationships among people to help the user discover potential business opportunities.
Competitors React to the Microsoft-DatAllegro Deal
Oracle stays quiet while Greenplum, Netezza and Teradata say data scalability alone won't satisfy customers.
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Doug Henschen
Tableau Takes on Geospatial Analysis
Tableau 4.0 upgrade adds mapping features as well as collaboration and usability enhancements.
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Doug Henschen
Microsoft Acquires DatAllegro to Scale Up SQL Server Deployments
Deal validates tectonic shift in data warehousing, puts pressure on Oracle and independent appliance vendors.
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Doug Henschen
Sybase Reports 15% Revenue Growth To Record Level
Its pace of growth exceeded the 12.6% rate of growth for the database market as a whole during 2007 and most of its relational database competitors last year.
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Charles Babcock
Business Objects Says It's Cracking Midmarket for BI
SME-oriented Edge Series hits version 3.0. Crystal Report Server gains Office integrations and central management console. Combined sales grow 18 percent.
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Doug Henschen
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