Tableau Software has just released the latest version of its flagship business intelligence product, Tableau 6. The new iteration has some major improvements. At the top of the list of advances is speed, according to eCRMguide.com. According to the company,…
A growing number of retailers are turning to temporary stores to cash in during the holiday season. With retail vacancies at about 13 percent nationally, mall owners are increasingly willing to rent so-called pop-up stores for cheap or even for…
U.S. Bank announced that it has rolled out an application called ScoreBoard that enables its more than 110,000 small-business clients to generate reports about their credit cards, merchant processing accounts and other electronic payment vehicles through a secure Web-based dashboard,…
Five Considerations when Deploying iPad in Your Business Factors to consider before deploying the iPad. Mike Vizard’s argument that Apple’s iPad will alter business intelligence got another boost. TIBCO Software announced that its latest Spotfire Web Player update offers a…
At Informatica World 2010, Informatica and Cloudera announced that the two companies are partnering to provide customers with the solutions needed to address the challenges associated with managing large-scale data, including structured, complex and social data. To accomplish this, Informatica…
According to a new mobile business intelligence study by analyst Howard Dresner, nearly 90 percent of responding companies think mobile BI is important. Dresner noted that mobile devices and tablets, specifically the iPad, are not only making mobile BI possible,…
In an increasively competitive business intelligence marketplace, business analytics software and services vendor SAS is distinguishing itself and expanding its customer base, says Local Tech Wire. Earlier this month, SAS CEO and co-founder Jim Goodnight disclosed that sales were up 5…
IBM has made several key acquisitions this year, many of which were aimed at expanding Big Blue’s analytics business. Today, IBM launched Cognos 10, the latest play by the company to be a major contender in the wide-open business intelligence…