One initiative seeks to embed business intelligence more easily into business processes to help workers make better decisions. Another, called Active Reports, allows some analytical capabilities to be embedded in web pages so that workers can...
Commonly based on the new service-oriented architectures, these suites are focused on driving BI standardisation across the enterprise by integrating OLAP (On Line Analytical Processing), query and reporting, dashboards and also data integration.
Corporate performance management relies on analytical, or so-called business intelligence, software for viewing historical data with specialised front-end tools. Analytical software maker Cognos announced Tuesday its acquisition of UK-based Softa...
Business Objects chairman and chief strategy officer Bernard Liautaud told silicon.com that data quality is one of the biggest headaches for CIOs and senior executives today because of the amount of information enterprises hold.
Microsoft's Dynamics ERP financial applications will also use the PerformancePoint Server in its financial applications suite. The Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, due mid-2007, will provide a set of programs geared at helping knowledge workers...
Business Objects' software is targeted predominantly at business executives and managers, while Crystal Decisions' software is designed for a broader spectrum of workers. Business Objects has agreed to acquire fellow business reports software...