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On September 27, a group of vendors including Oracle, IBM, Unisys, NCR, and Hyperion Solutions announced the submission of
a metadata interchange standard to the OMG standards body. A common approach to metadata would allow products from different
vendors to interact, a problem that has vexed customers f (...)
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... t have sufficient market share to convince other vendors to interoperate ...
a data movement tool, but that tool can not read the BI tool's
metadata repository ...
Published:
1999-09-28
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Enterprise applications have long been providing the means for businesses to collect required data and deliver it to the
right people. Now that sales and marketing professionals are empowered with the right tools to better serve their customers
and gather insights on all customers' interactions, the ques (...)
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Enterprise applications have long been providing the means for businesses to collect required data and deliver it to the right
people. Now that sa...
Published:
2003-07-23
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Siebel Systems is incorporating Informatica’s data integration platform into Siebel eBusiness Analytics 2000.3. The vendors
hope to use the integrated product to consolidate data into a 'comprehensive e-business data warehouse'. Have the vendors
found the e-business holy grail? (...)
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... All of what were formerly known as ETL tool vendors (Informatica, Ardent,
Sagent, Computer Associates, and others) are now re-branding themselves as ...
Published:
2000-12-19
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Made2Manage focused on enriching the software ownership experience for its customers--to the point where they sometimes even
volunteer to influence prospective buyers. (...)
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Made2Manage focused on enriching the software ownership experience for its customers--to the point where they sometimes even
volunteer to influenc...
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2005-02-23
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Made2Manage focused on enriching the software ownership experience for its customers--to the point where they sometimes even
volunteer to influence prospective buyers. (...)
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Made2Manage focused on enriching the software ownership experience for its customers--to the point where they sometimes even
volunteer to influenc...
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2005-02-23
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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...
Published:
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...
Published:
2003-08-17
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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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In a move which will challenge other database vendors to open-source their SQL databases, Inprise/Borland Corporation has
announced it is releasing the source code for its InterBase 6 cross-platform SQL database. It will provide the database on
multiple platforms, including Linux, Windows NT, and Sun Sol (...)
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Inprise/Borland Challenges Other Vendors to Open-Source Their Database Code. M. Reed - January 17, 2000.
Comments: 0. Read Comments Event Summary. ...
Published:
2000-01-17
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The Business Intelligence (BI) RFP Template covers industry-standard functional criteria of BI that can help you easily gather
and prioritize your business needs in a simple and categorized excel document. More than a RFP template, it is a working document
that serves as a knowledge base reference through (...)
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... Commercial database vendors, such as FAME, DRI, Standard ... Monitoring
and Reporting, BI RFP Template. Administrator tool monitors and manages the process; Accesses
...
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CrossWorlds Software, an enterprise application integration vendor, is making it easier for customers to acquire components
and utilities with specific functionality. The vendor will create a CrossWorlds Exchange site on a subscription basis, for
$50,000 per year with additional fees for some components (...)
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... Vasiliadis, vice president of corporate strategy, "What's in our consultant tool
kit we're now making available on our Web site." Software vendors are often ...
Published:
2000-04-19
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Metadata (“data about data”) is essential for data warehousing. Metadata standards allow different products to interact.
Without standards, different vendors’ tools cannot work together seamlessly and the customer’s warehousing effort is greatly
complicated. (...)
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... It must also be accessible to the tool. Over the years, vendors had
many different methods of metadata representation and storage. ...
Published:
2000-05-16
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Small and medium businesses wanting the benefits of business intelligence (BI) without having to implement a large enterprise
system may find a viable option in Excel-based BI and analytics tools that leverage add-in applications from vendors.
(...)
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Small and medium businesses wanting the benefits of business intelligence (BI) without having to implement a large enterprise
system may find a vi...
Published:
2005-06-22
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Find out how Jaspersoft is staying ahead of the game in the BI market in this comprehensive product note on Jaspersoft Enterprise
Edition. Entering the BI space for large companies is not a small challenge. Jaspersoft may be doing its homework to acquire
more recognition and make a smooth but sure entranc (...)
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... In general, these mega vendors certainly have the means and ... the
use of an open source software tool. ... organizations plan to deploy corporate BI
solutions using ...
Published:
2010-03-31
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Evolutionary Technologies (ETI) has announced the newest release of their flagship product, ETI•EXTRACT Tool Suite Release
4.2. ETI·Extract has long been well known as an ETL (extract/transform/load) tool, only recently have companies begun to
realize that data extraction and consolidation are key un (...)
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... The ETIEXTRACT Tool Suite automates the task of integrating data, while capturing a
... 1990's there were only five major extract/transform/load vendors: ETI, IBI ...
Published:
2001-03-07
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Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic medical products needed to support its worldwide need for sales information. (...)
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Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic medical products needed to support its worldwide need for sales information.
Published:
2001-09-25
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Enterprise Application Integration has changed massively in the past two years. Where is the market, and what vendors are
left in the game? (...)
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... Market Impact. Data extraction tool and message-oriented middleware vendors
are having to scramble to add additional functionality to their software. ...
Published:
2001-09-06
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Despite the user preference for a single, 'one-stop shop' vendor, componentized software products, interoperability standards
and Internet technology will lead to fewer large-scale projects and an ongoing stream of smaller ones, all with tangible return
on investment (ROI) rationale. Although not necessa (...)
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Despite the user preference for a single, 'one-stop shop' vendor, componentized software products, interoperability
standards and Internet technol...
Published:
2003-06-24
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... customer portal can be a very efficient tool to get ... There are more
than 30 CRM vendors in our Showcase ... result of the opportunities to know and analyse
what is ...
Published:
2009-09-15
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The Perfect Order measurement has proven to be a powerful measurement of a business. Should The Perfect Order be defined
from an internal point of view or from a customer point of view . . . inside-out or outside-in? (...)
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... Comments Defining The Perfect Order. Key performance indicators (KPIs) give management a tool
to judge the health of the business. While ...
Published:
2005-05-09