BI This Week


Reader Feedback: MicroStrategy 8

Readers report: MicroStrategy has done a very good job supporting existing customers with point upgrades and other enhancements

Teradata Ships Next-Gen Data Warehouse

Warehouse 8.0 means that Teradata is still the vendor to beat in the high-end data warehousing space.

Actuate Targets Financial Performance Management

With its new FPM offering, Actuate is competing more aggressively against performance-management specialists such as Cognos and Hyperion

Q&A: Informatica CEO on Data Integration Trends

Informatica CEO Sohaib Abbasi charts a pragmatic course when talking about his company’s vendor partners—but pulls no punches on the subject of ETL competitors

Business Objects Gears up for Mid-Market Customers

Designed for mid-market customers, Crystal Reports Server XI offers a subset of the capabilities of the BusinessObjects XI suite

MicroStrategy 8 Gets Thumbs up from Analysts, Users

BI suite boasts improved support for heterogeneous data sources, new data mining capabilities, and integration with SAP BW

Oracle and PeopleSoft—The CRM Angle

CRM competitors could target potentially disaffected customers—particularly if Oracle is less than sincere about servicing them

Siebel’s Analytics Push

As the major enterprise application vendors flesh out their analytic offerings, Siebel is in the forefront

Business Intelligence Vendors Get Failing Grade on Pricing

Business intelligence vendors must make their software more affordable—and provide better service once it’s been sold