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The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information they need from their enterprise software system and even those who do want more. The need is not just
reporting; they need business monitoring, analysis, an unde (...)
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The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information th...
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2004-03-19
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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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Hummingbird Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: "HUMC" and TSE: "HUM") has announced the immediate availability of Genio Suite 4.0.
This release states improvements to usability, performance and openness to better support organizations as they implement
large-scale enterprise data warehousing and e-commerce sol (...)
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Hummingbird Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: "HUMC" and TSE: "HUM") has announced the immediate availability
of Genio Suite 4.0. This release states i...
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2000-01-28
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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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Sagent Technology has announced a new vertical application for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) e-commerce. They have partnered
with DSET to use Sagent’s spatial analysis and real-time geographical data access to determine a customer’s qualification
for DSL service. (...)
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Sagent Technology has announced a new vertical application for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) e-commerce. They have partnered
with DSET to use Sag...
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2000-06-02
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Failing to ask "so what?" of a positioning statement can mean losing an opportunity to communicate what is really important
to the target market, and to gain some credibility. (...)
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Failing to ask "so what?" of a positioning statement can mean losing an opportunity to communicate what is really
important to the target market, ...
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2006-02-17
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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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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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For over a decade, organizations have struggled with a gap between IT and business due to shifts in perceptions of what business
intelligence (BI) should be. Often, skilled IT workers get stuck in low-level reporting roles, while business workers can’t
access and analyze information fast enough to make (...)
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Crossing the Chasm between IT and Business Teams with New Approaches to Business ... due
to shifts in perceptions of what business intelligence (BI) should be. ...
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2010-06-02
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... LESLIE SATENSTEIN Data mining in ERP (which can also be considered business intelligence [BI])
is a very large topic and is very module- or industry-specific. ...
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2008-05-08
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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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... collects and promotes best practices research to educate technical and business professionals about new
BI technologies, concepts, and the approaches that have ...
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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... In addition to traditional approaches in OLAP, the in-memory alternative has ...
This contrasts the traditional BI approach of a central data warehouse that serves ...
Published:
2010-09-01
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Recently, SAP announced solid results for Q4 2001, in contrast to the current soft market. Although not all troubles seem
to have been left behind, as can be seen from reduced license revenue, and while some may question SAP's justification of
merging its two subsidiaries, a positive sign is that SAP has (...)
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... mySAP BI is distributed to 120 countries and supports every relevant language and foreign
... SAP's aura of a stalwart vendor and its prudent approaches to solving ...
Published:
2002-02-25
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Commerce One has partnered with Sagent Technology to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. Also,
Ariba has partnered with Informatica to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. (...)
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Commerce One has partnered with Sagent Technology to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. Also,
Ariba has partnered with...
Published:
2000-07-20
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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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... With their recent Enterprise edition, Jaspersoft looks at taking a big step forward for a competitive
business intelligence (BI) solution, but is open source ...
Published:
2010-03-31
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To conduct collaborative processes, businesses need embedded intelligence, and business intelligence (BI) or analytics applications
focused on structured data offer only a part of the total solution. In other words, businesses also need content management
for the unstructured data and content, which can (...)
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To conduct collaborative processes, businesses need embedded intelligence, and business intelligence (BI) or analytics applications
focused on str...
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2004-11-13
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Outsourcing is a very diverse market, and there are many different outsourcing options and outsourcing service providers
to choose from. This part discusses recommendations for companies looking to outsource, and recommendations for outsourcing
providers. (...)
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Outsourcing 101 - A Primer Part Three: Approaches and Recommendations. AB Maynard - January 19, 2004. Comments:
0. Read Comments Summary. ...
Published:
2004-01-19
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Having started as a business-to-business integration provider for a few major retailers in the United Kingdom, Eqos has evolved
into a full-fledged, worldwide provider of global sourcing and supplier management solutions. (...)
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Having started as a business-to-business integration provider for a few major retailers in the United Kingdom, Eqos has evolved
into a full-fledge...
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2007-10-12
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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