BI This Week


Business Intelligence Security Steps into the Spotlight

Pop quiz: A bank employee “misplaces” a laptop containing highly sensitive data. What do you do? What do you do?

The Brave New World of Business Intelligence

The next wave of business intelligence will once and for all take BI mainstream, with query and analysis front-ends on every desktop.

Hummingbird Versus Its Shareholders and the Acquisition Go Around

The content management specialist last week agreed to be acquired—for the second time this year, in fact—by an admiring suitor.

A Closer Look: Oracle’s New Warehouse Builder R2

Is OWB R2—which Oracle bills as a “completely free” core ETL tool—really that?

Microsoft’s Strong Gains Portend Business Intelligence Superpower Status

Don’t look now, IDC’s Dan Vesset cautions, but Microsoft has the potential to radically reshape the BI landscape.

JasperSoft Flies the Coop

Organizers say JasperForge.org is the start of something big—but users grouse that the transition from the Sourceforge nest hasn’t been without a hiccup or two.

Business Objects Unveils Data Quality XI

Before customers can adequately take stock of BO’s EIM push, it must deliver next-gen versions of its ETL and EII tools.

Data Visualization Specialists Out in Front

Pure players Spotfire and Tableau have quite a head start on what Microsoft and others currently bring to the table visualization-wise.

Informatica, Salesforce.com Plight Their Troth

It’s a big win for Informatica and an important milestone in the SaaS-ification of its data integration stack.