BI This Week


A PM Primer The Analyst View

Just how similar are BI and PM? How do they complement one another, and how do they differ? The issue might not be as complicated as it looks….

As PM Evolves: Attack of the Big Spenders

Microsoft officials say PerformancePoint will help take performance management mainstream. So do many of the company’s competitors.

A Performance Management Primer What Vendors Say

It seems every vendor has its own pet take on how BI and PM relate

DataFlux Accelerates Customer Data Integration

In addition to its best-of-breed data quality platform, DataFlux has the makings of a formidable customer data integration platform, too.

RSI: BI’s Best Kept Secret?

With a new Flash-powered PM product in the offing and ETL connectivity in the can, Relational Solutions Inc. might be the best kept secret in BI.

Solid Gold: BI, PM Revenues Set to Surge

BI and PM together constitute an enormous revenue generating opportunity, worth nearly $24 billion in North America alone.

IBM Encourages Customers to Bring BI Back Home to the Mainframe

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.

TDWI Radio News: Big Blue Touts Dynamic Balanced Warehousing

An appliance, by any other name, is probably an appliance -- even for IBM.

In Search of Data Warehouse Appliance Profitability

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.