BI and PM together constitute an enormous revenue generating opportunity, worth nearly $24 billion in North America alone.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- April 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a new Flash-powered PM product in the offing and ETL connectivity in the can, Relational Solutions Inc. might be the best kept secret in BI.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- April 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Netezza last week helped shine a light on the still-murky financials of the DW appliance segment when it announced its intention to go public.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- April 4, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM is pursuing a number of pricing stratagems to help reverse the exodus of BI and DW workloads from its venerable System z mainframe platform. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- April 4, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An appliance, by any other name, is probably an appliance -- even for IBM.
                    
			            - By Eric  Kavanagh
- April 4, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You’ve often thought it, but it took consultancy Gartner Inc. to confirm it: not every organization has a coherent business intelligence strategy.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- March 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An independent Teradata will be a nimble competitor, Teradata officials argue -- nimble enough to give appliance competitors a run for the limelight.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- March 28, 2007