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Compare the total cost of ownership of business intelligence (BI) solutions.Find the software information you're looking for.Free
white papers! For many companies, traditional business intelligence (BI) software is costly and resource-intensive. So are
open source alternatives that require significant con (...)
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Compare the total cost of ownership of business intelligence (BI) solutions.Find the software information you're looking
for.Free white papers! For...
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2010-04-05
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There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality
into their overall BI framework, while best-of-breed data integration vendors, who provide enhanced ETL functionality, have
an increased focus on data cleansing and integrity. (...)
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There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality
into their overall...
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2006-03-07
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In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general, existing
customers of involved merging vendors should be alert, but they should still look at these events as positive. (...)
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In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general,
existing customers of invo...
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2003-08-18
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Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio, and Actuate’s acquisition of Nimble, may bear resemblance to the raging consolidation
in the ERP market, the underlying rea (...)
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Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hy...
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2003-08-17
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TEC product certification report: SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI. Read IT reports in relation to business intelligence. SAP's
business intelligence solution, SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, is now TEC Certified. The certification seal is a valuable indicator
for organizations who rely on the integrity of TEC’ (...)
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... enterprise software landscape. SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI for Business Intelligence
Certification Report. Source: Technology Evaluation ...
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2010-03-12
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TEC product certification report: SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI. Read IT reports in relation to business intelligence. SAP's
business intelligence solution, SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, is now TEC Certified. The certification seal is a valuable indicator
for organizations who rely on the integrity of TEC’ (...)
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SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI for Business Intelligence Certification Report. Source: Technology Evaluation
Centers. Document Type: Certification ...
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2010-03-12
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In PLM, there is no single vendor that can meet all of the requirements, and the market is still immature, so almost every
product can be the right solution provided a certain set of requirements. In this part of the article we review 3 vendors
who offer products to the PLM market - IDe, Thetis, and PDM (...)
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In PLM, there is no single vendor that can meet all of the requirements, and the market is still immature, so almost every
product can be the righ...
Published:
2003-05-26
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine
these products versus the cost and functionality issues of choosing an integrated CPM product suite (if still possible to
find). Mission-critical issues like scalability, reliability, (...)
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Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine these
products versus the...
Published:
2003-08-19
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The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which means that
the business needs of the user dictate the technical solution, not the other way around. In other words, it should let the
business users drive the process, and remove the problems of (...)
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The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which means that the
business needs of the...
Published:
2005-07-20
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While SAP and Microsoft are concurrently partnering for certain initiatives, they are still dueling about who is bigger,
better, smarter, whose user screens are prettier and more user-friendly, and so on. But the major question is whether the
market and users are ultimately going to be better for it. (...)
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While SAP and Microsoft are concurrently partnering for certain initiatives, they are still dueling about who is bigger, better,
smarter, whose us...
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2009-01-05
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What are predictive analytics, and how are they used within business intelligence applications and for business performance
management? (...)
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... has shifted from identifying and comparing data patterns ... its different
applications inside and outside BI. ... of Analytics and Their General Business Application.
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Published:
2009-09-11
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The distinction between business performance management and operational business intelligence is sometimes unclear. Many
vendor offerings overlap in terms of features and functionality, making it difficult to distinguish between the two. However,
there are some differences worth exploring. (...)
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The distinction between business performance management and operational business intelligence is sometimes unclear. Many vendor
offerings overlap ...
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2009-07-31
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Informatica Corp. (Nasdaq: INFA) today announced the acquisition of Influence Software, a leading provider of analytic applications
for the e-business value chain. Informatica is acquiring Influence Software for roughly $80 million in a stock transaction
that will be treated as a pooling of interests. Th (...)
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Informatica Heads for E-Business. M. Reed - January 5, 2000. Comments: 0. Read Comments Event Summary. "PALO ALTO, Calif.,
Dec. 15 /PRNewswire ...
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2000-01-05
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Tools under the business intelligence (BI) umbrella combine to convert data into information, and information into decisions
for action. Dashboards and scorecards are two such tools. Though often confused, they have functional difference, especially
in modern BI suites. (...)
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... The BI applications have not experienced the "boom-and-bust" cycle of adjacent
enterprise application areas, and their need has been neither over- nor under ...
Published:
2005-06-28
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Seagate Software has announced a new chapter in its corporate history by changing its name to Crystal Decisions. Crystal
Decisions is an information infrastructure company that is a market leader in business intelligence, specifically for query
and reporting tools. The new name reflects that of its flag (...)
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Seagate Software has announced a new chapter in its corporate history by changing its name to Crystal Decisions. Crystal Decisions
is an informati...
Published:
2001-04-10
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... through the vendor hype and comparing solutions objectively ... software
to use the application—in fact ... For example, choosing Business Intelligence (BI)
from the ...
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2011-05-31
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Informix« (NASDAQ: IFMX) and Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement
to combine their operations in a transaction valued, on a fully diluted basis, at approximately $880 million, based on the
closing price of Informix common stock on November 30, 1999 (...)
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Informix« (NASDAQ: IFMX) and Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement
to combine their operati...
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1999-12-08
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The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) hosts quarterly World Conferences to help organizations involved in data warehousing,
business intelligence, and performance management. These conferences supply a wealth of information aimed at improving organizational
decision-making, optimizing performance, and ac (...)
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... their implemented solutions, and discover ways to continuously improve their technical platforms and
BI environments. This can include comparing their current ...
Published:
2006-10-25
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This BI article looks at why and how in-memory technology transforms analytic applications. The primary bottleneck to high-performance
multidimensional analysis has been slow hard drive speed—the time it takes for data to be transferred from disk storage to
random access memory (RAM). With crashing RAM (...)
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... It is important to note that memory available to an analytic application depends on
... This contrasts the traditional BI approach of a central data warehouse that ...
Published:
2010-09-01
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TEC product certification report: SAP BusinessObjects Edge business performance management (BPM).Read IT reports in relation
to BPM. SAP BusinessObjects Edge is now TEC Certified for online comparison of business performance management (BPM) solutions
in TEC's Evaluation Centers. The certification seal is (...)
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TEC Original Research. Every day, TEC's analysts and software selection experts bring you valuable, accessible, up-to-date
research ...
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2010-04-13