Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, and data mining software and solutions. - Archive for August 2010

Business Intelligence Vendors Wrestle with Mergers, the Cloud and Open Source

The business intelligence market has changed dramatically in recent years, with mergers, the cloud, open source alternatives and new …

Why Business Intelligence Will help Your Business

There are many reasons why access to quality Business Intelligence (BI) can boost business performance. Here are seven.

Open Source R Language Could Revolutionize Business Intelligence

The open source R programming language promises big advances in analytics and business intelligence, and IBM and SAS are among the companies …

Stonefield Announces New Sage Business Intelligence Tool

Stonefield Query Version 4.0 for Sage Accpac offers a Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tool.

Social CRM Success Depends on Metric Integration

Successful Social CRM requires integrated metrics and a flexible platform.

Enterprises May Be Missing Out on Business Analytics

New data from Deloitte suggests that nearly a third of business professionals don't know whether their organization uses business analytics …

Viralheat Offers Free Social Media Analytics

The company plans to distribute some of its social media analytics data to users without charge.

MarketShare Acquires Data Analytics Company JovianDATA

The acquisition will enable MarketShare to handle and analyze massive amounts of data volumes at more granular levels.

Are Mobile Business Intelligence Solutions Viable?

Major business intelligence (BI) vendors are starting to supply mobile business intelligence software and tools? Are these current mobile BI …

Data Mining: Profits vs. Privacy

Search engines and social networks appear eager to turn personal data into profits.

SAS To Launch Application for Apple iPad

The company says it will offer the software as a "value-added service" to customers via the AppStore.

ClickTale Offers Customer Heatmaps, Form Analytics

ClickTale's customer experience analytics package goes beyond bounce rates and pageviews to track and analyze a customer's on-page behavior.

North Carolina State University's Big Data Effort

The university is piloting an advanced analytics tool it developed with IBM to maximize its return on research investments.

San Antonio Spurs Turn to SAS for Sports Analytics

The four-time NBA champions are just the latest sports team to catch analytics fever.

iProfile Launches Sales Intelligence Application

iProfile SalesIQ is an IT-focused sales intelligence application for CRM systems.

SAP Mobile CRM for iPhones

The new Sybase for SAP CRM iPhone app offers lots of features and security too.

The Need for Predictive Analytics in the Enterprise

Making the case for supplementing business intelligence processes with business analytics.

Alauras Software Adds CRM to Apple iPad

The CRM software company finds that Apple's iPad is good for business.

IBM Snaps Up Unica for Marketing Analytics

The $480 million deal continues Big Blue's buying spree aimed at ramping up its business software portfolio.

Predictive Analytics in the Enterprise

SAS outlines business challenges, predictive analytics, in the changing marketplace.