BI This Week


Is Your Data Warehouse Dead? (Pshaw!)

As customer data integration rises, will data warehousing fall? Not so fast!

Win, Place, and Show: Oracle Spreads Its Application Hosting Bets

Last week, Oracle took the wraps off a new managed CRM service for Siebel. But doesn’t Oracle already market a Siebel CRM On Demand service? Yep...

SWOT: Oracle Acquires Sunopsis

Oracle nabbed yet another player in the business intelligence space. What does that mean for you?

The (Steep) SQL Server 2005 Learning Curve

Some customers still haven’t deployed SQL Server 2005 in production environments. Their rationale? There’s a heckuva lot to digest

Oracle’s Extract Transform and Load Power Grab Reconsidered

Some BI market watchers think the Sunopsis buy could spell the beginning of the end for Oracle’s Warehouse Builder.

The Software as a Service Paradigm Shift—Did You Catch It?

Software-as-a-Service isn’t just a fad. If market watcher Gartner is to be believed, it’s a full-bore paradigm shift

Will Oracle Offer Its Own Distribution of Linux?

Everyone’s doing it these days, so will Oracle jump on the Linux bandwagon?

IBM Touts All in One Information Integration Suite

IBM says its Information Server slices, dices, and delivers data of all kinds, from almost any source, and in almost any conceivable format.

Advizor Announces Office-Ready Data Viz Tool

Advizor officials says Analyst Office isn’t a preemptive strike against Microsoft in the Office BI segment.