Seagate software is giving two of its major business intelligence software products away for free, in the hope that the move will encourage widespread adoption of its software. Donald McComick, Seagate's product director in EMEA, said: "Currently...
Companies will face a skills shortfall as business intelligence requirements jump three fold in the next three years. And the business intelligence crisis will be further exacerbated by a misunderstanding between CEOs and IT departments on what...
This is a combination of two recognised and highly respected leaders," he said. Business Objects competes with Cognos, Hyperion Solutions and SAS in the 'business intelligence' software market, one of the few bright spots in the ailing business...
Microsoft will offer analysis and planning applications as an add-on to its Office suite, a move meant to steer corporate customers away from specialised business-intelligence providers. He said: "Our vision is that business intelligence should...
Rather than investing in multi-dimensional business intelligence and data mining systems that let them slice and dice data, cash-strapped IT managers live and die by the pivot table. What most people are calling business intelligence is really...
Bill Hostmann, research VP at Gartner, told silicon.com: "Organisations are using business intelligence broadly to access and analyse their information assets, to understand what happened, why did it happen and what will happen in their business.