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Coral8 Upgrades CEP Engine
by Antone Gonsalves
- August 24, 2008
Coral8 Engine Release 5.4 includes greater configuration flexibility and enhancements to the vendor's Continuous Computation Language.
SAP Business Objects Takes Next Steps on Performance Management, BI
by
Doug Henschen
- August 12, 2008
Outlooksoft, Pilot and Cartesis applications 'integrated' with NetWeaver and BusinessObjects XI. Xcelsius presentation app hits the desktop, while SAP customers get free Crystal.
BI Executive Bill Baker Leaves Microsoft
by
Doug Henschen
- August 5, 2008
Long-serving executive helped grow the business intelligence product line from its roots in Microsoft SQL Server.
Actuate Upgrade Bridges Strategic and Operational Performance Management
by
Doug Henschen
- August 5, 2008
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.
Business Objects Says It's Cracking Midmarket for BI
by
Doug Henschen
- July 23, 2008
SME-oriented Edge Series hits version 3.0. Crystal Report Server gains Office integrations and central management console. Combined sales grow 18 percent.
Oracle Pitches Enterprise Performance Management as Next ERP
by
Doug Henschen
- July 17, 2008
Fusion Edition EPM System completes integration of Hyperion apps and Essbase with Oracle Business Intelligence and Oracle E-Business Suite.
Six Steps to Better Sales Forecasting and Demand Planning
by Robert D. Kugel CFA
- July 14, 2008
Most companies are immature and uncoordinated when it comes to sales forecasting and demand planning. Follow these six steps to increase forecast accuracy, speed planning cycles, reduce inventory costs, end stockouts and increase customer satisfaction.
Kimball University: Better Business Skills for BI and Data Warehouse Professionals
by
Warren Thornthwaite
- May 11, 2008
To deliver better intelligence, BI and data warehousing teams need business acumen, interpersonal skills and communication competencies. Here are helpful tips and 12 invaluable resources for career development and success.
SAS Applies Business Intelligence To Environmental Performance
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Mary Hayes Weier
- May 3, 2008
Lots of companies say they're green. Now they can prove it with this new brand of performance management software.
Follow Three Best Practices to Succeed at Business Activity Monitoring
by Henry Peyret, Forrester Research
- April 28, 2008
BAM can monitor crucial key performance indicators around time, cost, quality, and productivity, but many firms struggle when deploying the technology. Three best practices will jump start your project and help you choose the right metrics and alert levels.
How To Choose Among The Four Bright Lights Of BI
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Mary Hayes Weier
- April 12, 2008
After a tumultuous year of acquisitions and consolidation, the business intelligence market is now dominated by IBM, SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft. All four are pitching enterprise-wide BI platforms, each with its own twist. Here's what you need to know about them.
Gartner BI Summit 2008: Q&A With Howard Dresner
by
Doug Henschen
- March 30, 2008
In a preview of his keynote presentation at this week's Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, former analyst Howard Dresner talks about his new book, the convergence of BI and process management, and what it takes to get to the next level of performance management.
New Web 2.0-Oriented BI Tools Offer A Path Around IT
by
Mary Hayes Weier
- March 29, 2008
A new generation of vendor is creating tools that let businesspeople create their own BI applications.
The 'Secret Sauce' of BPM Success
by
Doug Henschen
- March 24, 2008
The business process management market is heating up, and a new report reveals that centers of excellence are the key ingredient of deployment success.
Wall Street Firms Face Delicate Balance
by
Richard Martin
- March 22, 2008
Hard times mean IT cuts, but what's too much when your product is IT driven?
Gartner: Emerging Technologies Will Help Drive Mainstream BI Adoption
by Antone Gonsalves
- March 20, 2008
The technologies expected to breakdown today's hurdles to wider adoption of business intelligence include interactive visualization, in-memory analytics, search integrated with BI, software as a service and service-oriented architecture, Gartner says.
Hunting The Elusive CIO Dashboard
by
Michael Biddick
- March 1, 2008
There's not yet a foolproof method for correlating disparate IT data into useful information. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't prepare.
SAP's Business Objects To Release Major Upgrade Next Month
by
Mary Hayes Weier
- February 13, 2008
SAP plans to integrate Business Objects' data management technologies with its own, and link its BI Accelerator appliance to non-SAP data sources.
With Cognos Deal Complete, IBM Readies Assault On BI Market
by
Paul McDougall
- February 7, 2008
IBM rolls out 10 integrated Cognos-IBM business intelligence packages specifically configured for industries like banking, retail, healthcare, life sciences and others.
Q&A: Cognos' Rob Ashe on Performance Management, Aligning With IBM
by
Doug Henschen
- February 4, 2008
Now that IBM's acquisition of Cognos is a done deal, Cognos' top executive Rob Ashe will be presenting in New York this week on how the combined entities will work together. To get a bit of a preview, we recently sat down with Ashe to discuss performance management, application-embedded BI and the new realities of working with other companies from within IBM.
IBM Completes $5 Billion Buyout Of Cognos
by
Paul McDougall
- February 1, 2008
IBM will work to integrate its Websphere middleware stack, DB2 database, and Cognos' business intelligence products.
Operational BI: Getting 'Real Time' About Performance
by David Hatch
- January 28, 2008
Operational business intelligence is about delivering information to people when and how they need it in the context of business need. Explore the five best practices best-in-class companies are using to drive faster, better decision making and higher customer satisfaction.
Gartner: Growth Slowing In BI Market
by Antone Gonsalves
- January 21, 2008
The worldwide market is expected to slip into the single-digits by 2011 as the market matures and consolidates.
SAP Completes Business Objects Buy, Details 'Business Optimization' Vision
by
Doug Henschen
- January 17, 2008
Nine "joint product packages" present roadmap toward business intelligence and information management product offerings.
Financial Performance Management Boosts Charity Mission
by
Doug Henschen
- January 14, 2008
Opportunity International taps Oracle/Hyperion software to deepen analysis and speed financial reporting.
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