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
Are BI vendors on a collision course with the relational database giants? Industry watchers aren’t sure—but some say the uneasy détente is unlikely to last.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 11, 2006
It’s tempting to think of data quality as a soon-and-inevitably-to-be-commoditized technology segment. But think again.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 4, 2006
When it debuts, Mendocino will more tightly couple Office with SAP. But don’t look for it before this summer.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 4, 2006
The revamped i/Lytics is a solid release on the whole—but analysts say Innovative shouldn’t rest on its laurels.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 21, 2005