Birst targets the important (but small) projects that are ill-served by existing BI tools, its developers argue
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 1, 2008
A study by Aberdeen Group shows what distinguishes best-in-class companies in their governance, risk management, and compliance activities and shows how BI plays a role.
Today's credit scoring system does a lousy job of predicting customer defaults. SAS's finance architect is out to overhaul it.
- By Ted Cuzzillo
- October 1, 2008
The Oracle/HP Database Machine is notable for being as ambiguous as it is ambitious. No one seems to know just how much it costs; which options it includes (or requires); or how much storage it encompasses.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 1, 2008
Barry Briggs is Microsoft's key IT Architect and CTO. He has particular insight into MDM on an enterprise scale, and will share his thoughts during his keynote, "Master Data Management at Microsoft" at TDWI's World Conference in New Orleans in November. Barry gives us a preview of his presentation.
The revamped Metadata Management XI could be a boon to bilateral integration between SAP and Business Objects environments.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 24, 2008
Success or failure in meeting operational performance goals is increasingly dependent on how a business identifies, defines, tracks, and acts upon operational key performance indicators.
- By David Hatch
- September 24, 2008
Lyza runs completely on the desktop, so there's no administration and minimal IT overhead. The result, officials claim, is an empowered user class.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 24, 2008