BI This Week


Information Builders Touts Inroads Into SAP BW—and Beyond

IBI is more aggressively pushing its WebFOCUS suite and iWay connectivity adapters as a platform for enterprise-wide BI.

Tableau Touts Its Data Visualization Chops

Tableau probably isn’t the first name that comes to mind when you think of data visualization software. Tableau on Monday announced version 1.5 of its data viz suite, touting usability and connectivity improvements—such as out-of-the-box support for Microsoft’s SQL Server 2005 database.

The Nuclear Nexus: Dashboards Connect Business Process Management and Business Intelligence

At $1.4 Billion, the business performance management (BPM) space is white hot. What’s that about dashboards?

SAS’ Grid Gambit

Are computational grids still a technology solution in search of a market? Far from it, SAS officials claim.

Business Objects Preps Revamped Business Intelligence Suite

Sure, Business Objects hopes to take some wind out of the sails of Hyperion’s System 9 release—but there’s more to XI R2 than meets the eye

Data Visualization: Giving Form and Content to the (Almost) Ineffable

In BI, a picture can be worth a thousand—and sometimes many more—words

It’s Gestalt: Hyperion Unveils System 9

Hyperion trumpets its new System 9 suite as the unprecedented combination of its financial performance management capabilities and core business intelligence assets.

Business Objects Acquires Medience

The folding of EII into BI continues as Business Objects grabs Medience

Careers: For Business Intelligence Pros, the Work Is Often Its Own Reward

Expertise in BI doesn’t automatically translate into job security, practitioners say—although it certainly doesn’t hurt.