BI This Week


The SQL Server 2005 Coattail Effect

Will BPM and ETL ride to mainstream success on the coattails of Microsoft’s SQL Server 2005 juggernaut?

Actuate Updates Financial Performance Management (FPM)

With its better-than-spreadsheet-spreadsheet marketing strategy, Actuate could find an eager audience for its FPM tool.

Firstlogic and Pitney Bowes: The Data Quality Dynamic Duo That Almost Was

What really happened—and where does Firstlogic go from here?

With Xcelsius, Business Objects Touts Better-Than-Excel Excel

Business Objects positions Xcelsius as a complement to, and extension of, Microsoft Excel

Netezza and SPSS Strike an Accord

The data warehousing appliance arms race spills over into the partner arena.

IBM and MDM

Big Blue Master Data Product Push

IBM Corp. co-opted last week’s Ascential World customer confab and turned it into a showcase for its broad (and growing) stack of data integration products.

SQL Server 2005: Are We There Yet?

Microsoft’s next-gen database still isn’t generally available.

In Search of…Smarter Information Analysis

The convergence of data mining and artificial intelligence technologies has some folks screaming Big Brother—perhaps with good reason.

Conference Kernels: Business Intelligence Mega-Trends for 2006

Using the TDWI Business Intelligence Framework, research and services senior manager Philip Russom outlined four ‘mega-trends’ to watch in 2006.