It’s official: Microsoft has arrived as a BI and PM power.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 16, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mainframes are back; well, they never really went away.
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
 - May 16, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    iSuite boasts canned connectivity into heterogeneous data sources, which lets it support right-time reporting and analysis requirements.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 9, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What makes HP think it can succeed where so many other vendors haven’t? A unique mix of software, services, and fault-tolerant servers, for starters.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 9, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Does TIBCO’s acquisition of visualization specialist Spotfire Inc. portend a coming round of consolidations in the data viz space?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 9, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    C8 BI Analysis for Excel isn’t some gussied-up version of your business-analyst-power-user mentor’s Excel import and export capability, officials promise.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 25, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Can you have a personal data warehouse? One man has built it, but you won’t find it in the store, at least not yet.
                    
			            - By Ted  Cuzzillo
 - April 25, 2007