For a product like WebFocus, support for that most coruscating of new Web app dev paradigms—AJaX—was a foregone conclusion.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 10, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    JasperSoft last week took its open source BI proposition to the next level, announcing new BI server and analytic components.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 3, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Panorama officials cite a healthy market for high-end SQL Server BI, and talk up the company’s SAP diversification strategy.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 3, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Search might not change everything, but—for BI vendors, at least—it has the potential to be hugely transformative, if not disruptive.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 3, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    What is a Customer?
                                        
		            
                    You can only get the most out of your data warehouse if you have a uniform understanding of your data. Such fields as "customer" must mean the same to all business units. We explain what data standards are and why they are key to your success.
                    
			            - By David  Loshin
 - April 20, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some industry watchers feel the time might be right for SaaS BI—particularly in the SMB segment.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 19, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAS—the data mining and analysis specialist-cum-BI power—left little doubt about its strategy in the data integration space.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 19, 2006