BI This Week


IBM Bangs the XML Drum Slowly but Surely

pureXML extends DB2 9’s ability to store, update, delete, query, and index well-formed XML, officials say.

SAP: Once-and-Future Analytic Powerhouse?

SAP is no slouch in the analytics department—as its surging growth in IDC’s recent business analytic market surveys demonstrates.

Data Warehousing Tools Market Surges

Oracle is tops in the overall data warehousing market, but Microsoft has officially arrived as a data warehousing superstar.

Acquisition Fever Spreads: Business Objects, Informatica Go Shopping

The BI acquisition-go-around continued apace last week, as both Informatica and Business Objects acquired smaller vendors

Master Data Management Enthuses, Confuses Business Intelligence, Data Management Pros

No one seems to agree on just what Master Data Management is—and many DM pros still aren’t familiar with MDM as a technology vision, either.

Oracle Tops in Red Hot Business Analytic Segment

Oracle controlled 13.2 percent of the overall business analytics market—far ahead of runner-up SAS.

Informatica Revamps Data Quality Toolset

What’s that you ask? Since when did Informatica become a data quality vendor?

Informatica Moves 'Beyond Data Warehousing'

If 80 percent of enterprise information in unstructured, could the effective integration of that info spell trouble for the old 80/20 rule?

Long Is the Road that Leads to Business Intelligence and Performance Management Excellence

BI and PM programs -- like that eternal city of proverbial renown -- aren’t just built in a day.