What do Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have going for them, and where do they need to improve if they’re to tackle the best-of-breeds? 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 27, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Don’t look now, but Office and Excel are shaping up as PerformancePoint Server’s biggest competition.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 27, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    So much for SAP not being willing to spend, at least at a pace with rival Oracle Corp., to acquire talent and technology.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 20, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Keep your friends close and your partners closer, as it were.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 20, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What qualities help separate best-of-breed data visualization offerings from their general purpose competitors?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 13, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI-er beware: having a dashboard isn’t the same thing as having data visualization technology, much less a data visualization strategy.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 13, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You don’t need a roadmap to find the IT-Business Gulf.  Just walk down the hall or pick up the phone; someone in an office near you can elaborate.
                    
			            - By Ted  Cuzzillo
 - June 6, 2007