BI This Week


Visualization: Just Look What’s Coming

Today’s performance dashboards are cheap toys compared to the tools coming down the information visualization pipeline

Business Objects Ships New Crystal, Mid-Market Planning Products

Business Objects also revealed details about a forthcoming SAP/Business Objects integration road map, slated for early Q1 of next year

ParAccel Touts Columnar Analytic Database

ParAccel’s analytic database can be used on its own or dropped right into place alongside your existing SQL Server assets.

SWOT: IBM’s Pending Acquisition of Cognos

What does the IBM/Cognos agreement mean? Analyst Mike Schiff explores the news from four angles.

IBM to Acquire Cognos for $5 Billion

IBM’s bid marks the third acquisition this year of a prominent BI and PM pure-play vendor.

Tableau Marries Data Visualization, Dashboards, Collaboration

With its Web 2.0-based Tableau Server 3.0, Tableau touts a data visualization and dashboarding product whose whole vastly exceeds the sum of its parts

Predictive Analytics: Slow Adoption Despite Big Benefits

Why is a high-value technology such as predictive analytics so under-represented in the enterprise?

Business Objects Updates Crystal Reports, Announces IBM Bundle

Notwithstanding its impending acquisition by ERP giant SAP, Business Objects has been extremely busy lately

Best Practices for Buying Business Intelligence Software

Experts on selecting BI software offer seasoned advice on choosing the right solution.