Contributor: Steve Swoyer
        
Stephen  Swoyer is  a technology writer with more than 16 years of experience. His writing has  focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics for almost a  decade. He’s particularly intrigued by the thorny people and process problems  most BI and DW vendors almost never want to acknowledge, let alone talk  about.
 
 
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                    Cognos debuts branded dashboard appliance, revamped Controller software
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 23, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Information Builders touted new WebFOCUS enhancements at its annual user confab – and hinted of next-gen goodies in WebFOCUS 8.
                    
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 - May 23, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    
                    
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                    It’s official: Microsoft has arrived as a BI and PM power.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - 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