If new research from Gartner Inc. is any indication, 2006 was a heady year for most performance management (PM) players. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAP is no slouch in the analytics department—as its surging growth in IDC’s recent business analytic market surveys demonstrates.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    pureXML extends DB2 9’s ability to store, update, delete, query, and index well-formed XML, officials say.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- December 13, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle is tops in the overall data warehousing market, but Microsoft has officially arrived as a data warehousing superstar.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- December 6, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The BI acquisition-go-around continued apace last week, as both Informatica and Business Objects acquired smaller vendors
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- December 6, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle controlled 13.2 percent of the overall business analytics market—far ahead of runner-up SAS.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- November 29, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    No one seems to agree on just what Master Data Management is—and many DM pros still aren’t familiar with MDM as a technology vision, either.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- November 29, 2006