Search might not change everything, but—for BI vendors, at least—it has the potential to be hugely transformative, if not disruptive.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 3, 2006
Maximizing MDM
Matthew J. Beyer, Senior Architect, Collaborative Consulting
Without a doubt, master data management can help a company do business much more efficiently. When an entire organization and its partners understand the same information to have the same meaning, the company can make and sell products faster, connect more effectively with suppliers and customers, improve business process efficiency, and simply make more money.
How low can they go? Report Services packages start at $150 per named user...
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 26, 2006
Hyperion bets that UpStream’s technology will give it a competitive edge in the still-gestating BPM marketplace
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 26, 2006
Last week, Google dramatically upped the ante in the rapidly developing enterprise search-scape. This article is the first of a two-part series.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 26, 2006
What is a Customer?
You can only get the most out of your data warehouse if you have a uniform understanding of your data. Such fields as "customer" must mean the same to all business units. We explain what data standards are and why they are key to your success.
- By David Loshin
- April 20, 2006
SAS—the data mining and analysis specialist-cum-BI power—left little doubt about its strategy in the data integration space.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 19, 2006
Some industry watchers feel the time might be right for SaaS BI—particularly in the SMB segment.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 19, 2006