Many analysts expected Informatica to acquire long-time partner Firstlogic, but the conventional logic was wrong, as Similarity Systems found out.
- By Mike Schiff
- February 1, 2006
With the acquisition last week of data quality specialist Similarity Systems, Informatica bucked the expectations of several industry watchers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 1, 2006
Come this time next year, dashboard kludginess could very well be in the rear-view mirror.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 25, 2006
Not such an about face for the ROLAP specialist.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 25, 2006
These days, the notion of business intelligence (BI) seems very much in flux—perhaps because everyone wants a piece of the pie.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 25, 2006
Clementine has been used as a complement to CRM for half a decade now—but SPSS recently taught it a range of new tricks.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 18, 2006
SAS, SPSS, and others say they’re making the Gandalf-the-White world of data mining more accessible— call it data mining for the masses.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 11, 2006
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain—and the data quality beat keeps on keeping on. Case in point: Trillium Software last week announced a new version of its TS Discovery 5.0 data profiling tool. Analysts are calling it Trillium’s strongest profiling offering to date.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 11, 2006