BI This Week


Still Another Data Integration Independent Acquired

IBM positions the DataMirror acquisition as a coup for its ever-expanding information management portfolio. No surprise there!

Baby Steps: Teradata Verges Closer to Independence

Teradata users have been cautiously optimistic all along, and as things come down to the wire, user optimism seems to be growing.

Cognos and Appfluent Partner to Improve Business Intelligence Scalability

Scaling complex BI deployments isn’t getting any easier, Cognos and Appfluent say.

SWOT: Microsoft Masters Data Management with its Acquisition of Stratature

Even the mighty Microsoft now plays in the MDM space.

The Business Intelligence Power Rankings

The BI Top Five is essentially unchanged from last year. In fact, the top four BI players seem to have dug themselves in for the long haul.

Business Itelligences Gang of Three

What do Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have going for them, and where do they need to improve if they’re to tackle the best-of-breeds?

PerformancePoint a Tougher Sell than Anticipated?

Don’t look now, but Office and Excel are shaping up as PerformancePoint Server’s biggest competition.

The SAP Partnering Strategy: Keep Disparate Friends Close

Keep your friends close and your partners closer, as it were.

SAP and the Strategy Management Game

So much for SAP not being willing to spend, at least at a pace with rival Oracle Corp., to acquire talent and technology.