On the heels of open source databases come business-intelligence tools, with smaller companies betting on open source practices to crack into that corner of the software market. One such company, JasperSoft, is set to detail its plans to expand its...
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...
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...
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...
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.