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...
Analytical applications can be integrated with operational systems using internet technologies. The internet, integration and intelligence will be the three top software priorities for IT buyers in 2003, according to Ovum.
It promises a new computing paradigm that enables broader use of classic applications. While BI has long been part of the IT landscape, the scale up of ERP, CRM and supply chain applications has created massive data factories, making analytical and...
Only a minority of organisations are getting the most out of their investment in business intelligence tools. Just 15 per cent of users have actually made it to the 'adult phase' of business intelligence, while many users are stuck in the 'child...
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...
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.