BIRT, Mondrian, and Pentaho headline the list of scrappy open source BI newcomers.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 15, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    From the moment it said “I do” to last year’s buyout proposal by Pitney Bowes, Firstlogic’s cards were on the table.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 15, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Even an integration jack-of-all-trades can use a new service-enabled trick or two. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 8, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With 64-bit hardware increasingly pervasive and 64-bit operating systems priced to move, too, it’s only a matter of time, isn’t it?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 8, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It shouldn't surprise anyone that software vendors overwhelmingly have self-serving takes on the state of BI today.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 8, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the acquisition last week of data quality specialist Similarity Systems, Informatica bucked the expectations of several industry watchers.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 1, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many analysts expected Informatica to acquire long-time partner Firstlogic, but the conventional logic was wrong, as Similarity Systems found out.
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
 - February 1, 2006