With PerformancePoint, Microsoft has a plausible reason to crow.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 7, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For SME firms with limited IT know-how, Business Intelligence is an especially tough nut to crack. It's a nut BI players of every stripe desperately want to crack, however.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 7, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle this week announced its first rev of ODI, along with an updated version of the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search tool it announced a year ago.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 7, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Call it a fashionably late, but nevertheless feature-complete arrival.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 31, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If you haven’t yet heard of SaaS Business Intelligence startup Xactly, consider yourself duly informed.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 31, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The revamped Business Intelligence Suite incorporates analytic technology from the former Siebel Systems Inc., which Oracle acquired 16 months ago.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 31, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Not all industry watchers see genius in the deal, but those who do say Celequest gives Cognos some serious dashboard muscle.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 24, 2007