Are BI vendors on a collision course with the relational database giants? Industry watchers aren’t sure—but some say the uneasy détente is unlikely to last.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 11, 2006
It’s tempting to think of data quality as a soon-and-inevitably-to-be-commoditized technology segment. But think again.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 4, 2006
When it debuts, Mendocino will more tightly couple Office with SAP. But don’t look for it before this summer.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 4, 2006
The revamped i/Lytics is a solid release on the whole—but analysts say Innovative shouldn’t rest on its laurels.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 21, 2005
Some say dashboards; others master data management; still others tout the maturation of integrated business intelligence suites. But beneath all that is a powerful undercurrent.
- By Eric Kavanagh
- December 21, 2005
Business Objects extends open arms to MySQL; but ‘coopertition’ must be carefully played.
- By Mike Schiff
- December 21, 2005
MySQL gives Business Objects a cost-effective alternative to IBM, Microsoft, and others. This isn’t an unalloyed good, however.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 21, 2005
Teradata, Netezza, and DATAllegro take aim at one another.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 14, 2005