Netezza last week helped shine a light on the still-murky financials of the DW appliance segment when it announced its intention to go public.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 4, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM is pursuing a number of pricing stratagems to help reverse the exodus of BI and DW workloads from its venerable System z mainframe platform. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 4, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An appliance, by any other name, is probably an appliance -- even for IBM.
                    
			            - By Eric  Kavanagh
 - April 4, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You’ve often thought it, but it took consultancy Gartner Inc. to confirm it: not every organization has a coherent business intelligence strategy.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - March 28, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An independent Teradata will be a nimble competitor, Teradata officials argue -- nimble enough to give appliance competitors a run for the limelight.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - March 28, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Whether it’s Oracle and Hyperion or the future of BI and PM, Information Builders chief Gerry Cohen doesn’t mince words.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - March 28, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Between the Balanced Warehouse and Dynamic Warehousing, IBM is executing a full-court press in business intelligence.
                    
			            - By Rajeev  Rawatt
 - March 21, 2007