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Business Intelligence blossoms

January 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Business Intelligence, for companies large and small, is alive and kicking in the private sector. There are many companies offering BI tools, including SAS, SPSS, MicroStrategy and Actuate, and you... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Gore joins venture cap firm; IBM: fastest supercomputer yet again;

November 15, 2007 — 7:59am ET
> Gore joins venture cap firm. Article> IBM: fastest supercomputer yet... Read more...

Cognos acquires Applix for $339M

September 6, 2007 — 6:59am ET
With vendors like Oracle and Microsoft making inroads into the massive $6.25 billion business performance and analytics software market, smaller vendors are doing all they can to remain competitive.... Read more...

Real-time intelligence = faster decision-making

March 15, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Making sure decision-makers have access to timely, accurate and relevant data on demand is big factor in effectively managing day-to-day business activities that impact operational efficiency. But... Read more...

BPM: A window into business performance

March 6, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Corporate executives have a habit of wanting to know, at a glance, how their companies are performing in various areas. In today's competitive environment, Excel spreadsheets don't do the trick... Read more...

Measuring a city's performance

January 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The city of Atlanta is embarking on an ambitious $2 million business intelligence software deployment, which officials say will provide metrics on department performance and help the city become... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Cognos to shed more than 200 staff; AG says charges are likely in HP spying; and much more...

September 7, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Cognos to shed more than 200 staff. Article

> AG says charges are likely in HP spying. Article

> Slow Treo sales cause Palm plunge. Article

> Jigsaw Data doesn't follow standards. …

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SPOTLIGHT: In case it's not obvious: Vendors spin

April 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

If you sometimes forget to divert vendor news through your BS filter, consider this: Rivals Cognos and SAS each recently announced that a German bank won an award by using their software. Problem is, it was the same bank, which uses both company's products. (Do you trust vendor case studies at all? Email me about their relevance to your IT buying decisions.) Article

Google extends search to enterprise apps

April 18, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Google has again updated the enterprise version of its data searching appliance. A new feature called OneBox queries applications directly instead of relying on data feeds, so it's faster than before. The updated appliance can now handle twice its previous capacity. Google also announced integration partnerships with Cisco Systems, Cognos, Employease, Netsuite, Oracle and salesforce.com.

For more on data searching:
- read this InformationWeek …

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BMC buys Identify Software for $150M

March 27, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

What's your IT problem? BMC hopes its $150 million of acquisition Identity Software can help you solve it. Identity called its tools the AppSight Problem Resolution System, but for BMC they will likely get the Remedy moniker. The software works best in Java 2 Enterprise Edition and Microsoft .Net environments, officials said. It will probably get re-released this summer or fall as a rival to applications from CA, Compuware, IBM/Tivoli and Mercury Interactive.

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