Shift from Reporting to Analysis Requires Asking the Right Questions
It used to be so much simpler to hire a data analyst. You looked for someone who knew…
Business Intelligence
Review: Panorama Necto Socially-Enabled Business Intelligence
Panorama Software has been in the business of business intelligence (BI) for more than 14 years. The company…
Workday 14 Offers Embedded Intelligence for Business Processes
Workday Inc., a SaaS-based enterprise solution provider for human resources, payroll and financial management, has announced that all…
Open Source Business Intelligence Heats Up
Open source has been invading many segments of technology over the last decade. It started with Linux in…
Business Intelligence Challenged by Social, Mobile Data
A recent IBM survey shows that 76% of CEOs view “insight and intelligence” as key to corporate success…
Business Intelligence Buying Guide for Small Businesses
Our enterprise business intelligence (BI) buying guide and midmarket BI buyer’s guide looked at many of the best-known…
Microsoft to Release Hadoop Connectors for SQL Server, Parallel Data Warehouse
In the age of big data, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says it is moving forward with plans to help…
Midmarket Business Intelligence Buying Guide
Our last business intelligence (BI) buyer’s guide featured SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAS, Information Builders and MicroStrategy. It…
Business Intelligence Vendors Put BI in the Hands of Apple iPad Users
With more than 28 million iPads sold since its initial release in April 2010, Apple has been the…
Hadoop, Big Data and Small Businesses
Hadoop, HDFS and the MapReduce algorithm are becoming as popular as searching for celebrity gossip, and this surge…
Oracle Builds Data Warehousing and Analytics for Financial Services
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) says its financial business intelligence, risk management and analytics platform, Oracle Financial Services Data Warehouse,…
SAP and Google Partner for Geospatial Business Intelligence
SAP (NYSE: SAP) today announced a partnership with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to integrate Google Maps, Earth and Street…
SAP Looks to Partners for Mobility Boost
I’ve been hitting the tablet angle for business intelligence pretty hard, writing about it several times in the…
MicroStrategy BI Cloud Platform Connects Facebook with Enterprises
Business intelligence (BI) software provider MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) has introduced its cloud-based platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and announced a new…
Is it Time to Add Google+ to Social CRM Tools?
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) might has been clearly demonstrated recently, with its Google+ social network closing in on 20…
Microsoft’s Project Daytona Takes It into the Big Data Space
Microsoft announced a set of tools and services built around the Azure platform that will allow researchers to…
HUD’s CIO Understands Importance of Data
In May, I wrote about how data-driven decision making was far from a mainstream practice despite its obvious benefits.…
Microsoft Research Debuts ‘Daytona’ Azure Analytics Tools
Microsoft this week announced a set of tools for its Windows Azure public cloud computing platform meant to…
California ISO Leverages Location-based Solution for Power Grid Management
California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), which manages about 85 percent of California’s power load, has incorporated Space-Time…
Oracle Enhances Business Intelligence with Environmental Accounting and Reporting
In an effort to help organization track greenhouse emissions and sustainability, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has introduced Oracle Environmental…
Omniture Co-Founder Launches New Business Intelligence Venture
Omniture co-founder and former CEO Josh James has launched a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture, Domo. Domo claims to…
SAS Analytics Helps Organizations Search and Manage Big Data
A new business analytics software release from SAS is geared to help enterprise organizations simplify big data management…
MicroStrategy Unveils Tool for Mobile Business Intelligence Apps
Business intelligence software provider MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) has announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 9.2.1, which includes a…
ResCare Improves Corporate Performance with Oracle Business Intelligence
Human services company ResCare has turned to Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) business intelligence to fine-tune its corporate performance. As…
Amazon Bets Big on Big Data Startup
Amazon led the latest round of funding for analytic database vendor ParAccel. Figures were not disclosed, but Amazon…
Sybase IQ Boosts Business Analytics with MPP Technology
SAP’s Sybase unit has announced the release of version 15.3 of the Sybase IQ columnar database, powered by…
Starbucks Brews up Business Case for Mobile BI
It’s only been a few weeks since I wrote about the growing buzz for mobile business intelligence, particularly when…
Business Intelligence Market Led by SAP, IBM and Oracle
According to IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Business Intelligence Tools Tracker, the worldwide business intelligence (BI) market generated more than…
Business Intelligence and Mobile Devices Will Change Supply Chain Management
The intersection of business intelligence (BI) with mobile devices and fast wireless connections will likely revolutionize the supply…
Actuate Adds Hadoop to Open Source Business Intelligence
Actuate (NASDAQ: BIRT) has announced support and services for Hadoop and MapReduce in the new release of BIRT…
Colleges Aren’t Training Enough Students for Business Intelligence Jobs
Today’s college grads are ill-prepared to meet business needs for data-savvy workers. Even as the growth of big…
IBM Expands Social Networking and Big Data Analytics Portfolio
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has expanded its software portfolio to help organizations embrace the power of social business with…
Pentaho 4 Improves User-Driven Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) software is all about deriving value from data. It’s a goal that commercial open source…
SAP Releases HANA In-Memory Analytics, Refreshes Business One ERP
SAP (NYSE: SAP) has announced the general availability of its HANA in-memory analytics appliance software. The release, according…
BI Should Be BMOC — Big Major on Campus — in College
Last spring I wrote about the need to beef up business intelligence in college curriculums, citing my interview…
Business Process Management (BPM) Offers Growth When the Economy Slows
The future of the business process management (BPM) market seems pretty strong, if you don’t mind markets that…
HP Vertica 5.0 Accelerates Big Data Analytics
HP (NYSE: HPQ) acquired Vertica earlier this year to tap the fast-growing market for big data analytics and…
Pronto Combines ERP and Business Intelligence
Pronto Software has unveiled Pronto-Xi Dimensions, a new “smart” ERP solution that brings together enterprise resource planning (ERP)…
SAS Fraud Management Boosts Detection and Prevention
Business analytics leader SAS has announced the latest version of SAS Fraud Management. According to the company, the…
SAP Unveils Business Intelligence Software for Small Businesses
SAP (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled a pair of business intelligence (BI) offerings for small businesses, Crystal Server 2011…
CIOs Invest in Business Analytics to Tackle Big Data: IBM Study
According to a recent IBM (NYSE: IBM) global study of CIOs, the top strategic technology investment over the…
Pegasystems Adds Analytics to BPM
Business process management (BPM) software provider Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA) has unveiled the latest version of Pega BPM, which…
Social Media Can Reshape Customer Engagement Strategies: SAS
A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by business analytics leader SAS identifies a clear need for…
Shared BI Responsibility Leads to Success
I love a story about a successful deployment of business intelligence. (Who doesn’t?) So I enjoyed reading about Station Casinos’…
Oracle Offers Prebuilt Analytics App for Retail Merchandizing
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has expanded its business intelligence portfolio with the release of a new analytics application for…
Progress Software and Joe Isuzu: Process Intelligence, Not Business Agility
Those readers with long memories may still cherish the old Isuzu car commercials with Joe Isuzu, the smarmy…
Oracle Gets Actionable with Retail Analytics
Lots of organizations want business intelligence to be not just about collecting data and creating reports, but about…
IBM Taps Hadoop for Social Media Analytics, Funds ‘Big Data’ Research
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled news software and services to address “Big Data” challenges like mining massive amounts…
eCRM Guide Becomes Enterprise Apps Today
eCRM Guide, your source for news on CRM (customer relationship management) since 2000, will soon become Enterprise Apps…
SAS Speeds Text Analytics and Information Discovery with Taxonomy Kits
Business analytics leader SAS has announced new pre-built Industry Taxonomy Rules starter kits for SAS Enterprise Content Categorization.…