BI This Week


SQL Server 2005 Offers Risks, Rewards for Business Intelligence Vendors

As Microsoft preps its most ambitious business intelligence offering to date—SQL Server 2005—the good relations it enjoys with some long-time BI partners could be at risk

Cognos Continues EU Push

Is Cognos positioning itself to better tackle Business Objects on its own turf?

HyperRoll, Hyperion Clash—OLAP Wars Revisited

In the age of SCO, patent suits are fraught with peril—especially for end users, who can find themselves simmering in the legal hot seat

Social Networking: The CRM Trend to Follow

There’s little risk for CRM vendors who wish to get into the social networking game—and the potential upside is enormous

Sybase, Informatica Partnership Targets Mainframe Data

With as much as 75 percent of corporate data still sitting on the mainframe, Big Iron is a platform few BI vendors can afford to ignore

Business Objects XI Gets Favorable User Feedback

It’s no silver bullet, but those who have used XI say the product goes a long way to addressing most of their concerns

Q&A: Why Cognos is Bullish on 2005

For Cognos, 2004 was a big year, but officials say customers haven’t seen anything yet

Non-data-warehouse ETL Usage Growing

Increasingly, ETL is being tapped to support non-data warehousing activities, such as database consolidations and migrations

Business Objects Delivers XI

Newly updated suite bridges the gap, once and for all, between Crystal’s product line and the company’s own classic offerings