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Software Heavies Set Sights on Business Intelligence Superpowerdom

This year, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP dropped all pretense and started talking candidly about their ambitions in the BI space.

• By Stephen Swoyer
• December 20, 2006

It’s All About the Performance Management (Tools)

If new research from Gartner Inc. is any indication, 2006 was a heady year for most performance management (PM) players.

• By Stephen Swoyer
• December 13, 2006

IBM Bangs the XML Drum Slowly but Surely

pureXML extends DB2 9’s ability to store, update, delete, query, and index well-formed XML, officials say.

• By Stephen Swoyer
• December 13, 2006

SAP: Once-and-Future Analytic Powerhouse?

SAP is no slouch in the analytics department—as its surging growth in IDC’s recent business analytic market surveys demonstrates.

• By Stephen Swoyer
• December 13, 2006

From the Editor

• By James E. Powell
• December 11, 2006

This article originally appeared in the issue of TDWI.

Standalone Solutions

BI StatShots Dec 11 2006

Results of a survey about the status and scope of enterprise MDM solutions.

• By Philip Russom, Ph.D.
• December 11, 2006

Data Warehousing Tools Market Surges

Oracle is tops in the overall data warehousing market, but Microsoft has officially arrived as a data warehousing superstar.

• By Stephen Swoyer
• December 6, 2006

Business as Usual in the Fractious DW Appliance Segment

Netezza and DATAllegro announce appliance enhancements, even as IDC confirms that the DW appliance market has indeed arrived.

• By Stephen Swoyer
• December 6, 2006