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Business Intelligence Vendors Woo With Speed

Companies in the market for BI software in coming months will find their options enhanced by the speed at which they can receive business insight, two recent vendor announcements indicate.. More

Yellowfin Releases Mobile BI App for the iPad

Leveraging the mobile device’s ease of use and multi-touch user interface, Yellowfin has created an analytics app that targets a wider range of users.. More

SAP Slides HANA Under Business Warehouse to Boost BI

Looking to boost customers’ business intelligence capabilities—and disrupt sales of Oracle databases—SAP rolls out a version of its Business Warehouse software that runs on the HANA in-memory technology.. More

Business Intelligence Gets Social With New Release

QlikTech unveils its QlikView 11 business intelligence software, saying the upgrade brings greater social interaction into the realm of BI and helps companies tap the wisdom of their employees.. More

Mobile Business Intelligence from PivotLink Unveiled

The BI software provider rolls out PivotLink 5, which delivers business intelligence reports and dashboards to the iPad, Android devices, and the BlackBerry PlayBook.. More

InetSoft Skirts Flash Ban, Brings Business Intelligence to iPhones, iPads

Using HTML5, just as Steve Jobs would want them to, the developers at InetSoft roll out a new version of their business intelligence application that works with iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices.. More

BI Software Sales Surge at QlikTech

The maker of business intelligence software records a 45% jump in sales and offers no apologies for a net loss in the second quarter, saying the BI market opportunity demands investment.. More

BI Software Update Combines Sales Prospecting, Brand Protection

Business intelligence software vendor Information Builders releases a new version of its iWay event processing software, incorporating social media signals to help companies find new customers and keep existing ones happy.. More

Business Intelligence Release Aims for the Masses

Yellowfin releases version 5.2 of its business intelligence software, touting improved usability for BI users outside the power-user crowd.. More

Eaton, Lion Vallen Named Progressive Manufacturers of the Year

Transformational projects earn Eaton Corp. and Lion Vallen Industries top honors, while nine others are singled out for PM100 High Achiever awards.. More

New App Integrates Business Intelligence Environments

Star Command Center 3.0 helps companies automate access to and data exchange among business intelligence and analytics systems.. More

Business Intelligence Provider Yellowfin Seeks Database Boost

The reporting and analytics capabilities of business intelligence software are intimately connected to the databases that underlie it; BI provider Yellowfin aims to increase its capabilities through a tie-up with Ingres.. More

SAP Gives Business Intelligence Boost to Risk Management

The company’s new governance, risk, and compliance applications sport a common user interface and more business intelligence capabilities based on the BusinessObjects BI portfolio.. More

SAP Reveals Details of In-Memory Plans, New BI-Based Apps

The enterprise software leader says it will inject powerful business intelligence throughout its portfolio via in-memory tools, and ticks off the applications that it will introduce in the third and fourth quarters.. More

Device-Based Business Intelligence Headlines New App

Business intelligence software vendor Information Builders announces WebFOCUS Mobile BI, touting its ability to deliver BI reports and dashboards to iPad, iPhones, Android devices, BlackBerrys, and other smart devices.. More

Expanded Partnership Broadens BI Vendor’s Audience

QlikTech, a provider of business intelligence software, is going global with consultant partner Logica, in a move intended to expand the market for QlikTech’s in-memory BI technology.. More

Technology Incubator: Potential Lurks In-Memory

In-memory technology has changed the way the database supports a business and has given a turbocharge to business intelligence and analytics.. More

Business Intelligence High on List of Manufacturing IT Priorities

Manufacturers will increasingly turn to business intelligence software in 2011 as they aim to simplify supply chains and improve decision-making, an IDC report finds.. More

Business Intelligence Competition, Capabilities Ramp Up

Vendors from different corners of the business intelligence software market announce new capabilities, and Oracle spars with SAP over a rich vein of BI customers.. More

IBM Accelerates Business Intelligence Acquisitions

Multifaceted software and services provider IBM focuses on acquisitions of business intelligence software providers as customers turn to analytics to help run their businesses.. More

Selling BI for Fun and Profit

Putting a little showmanship into building an enterprise-wide information culture can go a long way toward sealing the deal.. More

SAP Releases In-Memory Business Intelligence Appliance

SAP looks to boost its business intelligence bona fides with the release of HANA, its High-Performance Analytic Appliance, and promises that the technology will transform SAP’s entire product portfolio.. More

What Are You Gonna Do When Big Data Comes for You?

Overwhelmed by data sets that drown out insight, some business users feel like they’re down for the count. But hold on; 2012 might be the year when they get a shot at fighting back.   With apologies to Hulk Hogan, it’s a legitimate question. Most companies want to be enlightened by their data; instead, they’re [...]. More

Steve Jobs on Sustaining the Future

The death of Apple founder Steve Jobs reminds us that a business is only as strong as its next idea, and that business sustainability depends on a company’s ability to project its worth far into the future.. More

A Chat With SAP’s Bill McDermott

SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott talks about the ERP maker’s broadening product horizons, its belief in innovation, and what it’s like to be CEO of one of the software industry’s biggest companies. . More