Articles
Emerging Technologies in Operational Business Intelligence
Having written about business activity monitoring on a number of occasions, Mike focuses this article on complex event processing, a newly emerging technology in operational business intelligence.
The Top 10 Data Modeling Endless Debates of All Time
Is there just one data model to solve a problem? Why are data models such a tough sell to the enterprise? These questions, among others, surface in Malcolm Chisholm's list of the top ten data
modeling endless debates of all time.
Are Relational Database Systems Keeping Up with the Information Processing Needs of Companies?
To satisfy increasing information volumes, a variety of new database techniques are appearing on the market. Does this mean that after over a quarter century of development, relational database
systems are reaching the end of their useful lives?
Portals Must Evolve to Capture New Customers in the Web 2.0 World
What is the role of portals in an era of Web 2.0? It’s more important than ever that companies deliver the right information, in the right format, at the right time to their customers,
preferably before they know they even need it.
Knowledge and Information Workers: Who Are They?
Vendors, analysts and consultants use the terms knowledge worker and information worker to describe users of business intelligence products without defining clearly what these terms mean. This
article attempts to clarify matters and to begin a discussion on this topic.
News
expressor software Ships Version 1.2 of its Semantic Data Integration System
expressor 1.2 includes enhanced connectivity for the Netezza Performance Server (NPS) data warehouse appliance, SAS, Sybase ASE and Microsoft SQL Server and repository support for IBM AIX 5.3.
DFS Group Selects MicroStrategy
DFS plans to use MicroStrategy for reporting and analysis of key business areas, including sales and operations.
Embarcadero Releases ER/Studio 8.0
ER/Studio 8.0 offers a visual representation of data lineage within an enterprise, allowing data professionals to conduct impact analysis between data sources and targets.
Police Agencies Select SPSS Predictive Analytics to Reduce Criminal Activity
SPSS Inc. enables law enforcement agencies to anticipate criminal behavior by quickly analyzing massive amounts of incident data – along with current and developing conditions.
Information Builders Announces Six New Partners to Drive Solution-Oriented Business Intelligence
MegaMation, Accertify, iovation, 41st Parameter, Creative Data Solutions and ScottTech have co-developed specialized solutions using WebFOCUS and iWay Software to meet customer demand for enhanced
value and efficiency.
White Papers
Open Source Business Intelligence: A 2008 Progress Report
Companies are under tremendous pressure to leverage data and technology to "compete on analytics." This white paper presents the results of a survey on BI practices and open source adoption.
The Web is the Ultimate Source for Financial Research
Financial researchers and investors can use technology to data mine, mash up and analyze the Web's vast amount of information to gain proprietary insight.
Empowering Editorial Teams to Build Agile Digital Media
Connotate helps publishers keep up with the dynamic Web by enabling editorial staffs to harvest the best of the web content for their digital media.
Empowering the Enterprise to Accelerate Business Insights
Enterprises are challenged to pinpoint data that can drive decision making by helping subject matter experts extract the best information from any Web site or enterprise data source without having to
wait for their IT to develop new databases or software applications.
The Return on Investment of Open Source Data Integration
Cost is often viewed as one of the major reasons to adopt open source technologies. This ROI study looks in detail at all project costs. It helps IT organizations to assess the ROI of open source and
to compare it with alternative options.
Spotlights
Companies highlighted in the spotlights serve the General Interest industry.
Terry Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer of Coral8
Terry Cunningham describes Coral8’s complex event processing technology that provides the continuous intelligence necessary to analyze, understand and execute instantly in a rapidly changing
marketplace. 
Christina McKeon, Director of Product Marketing, Performance Management for Infor
Christina McKeon explains how Infor's performance management software helps companies link corporate strategy to operational plans and generate actionable business insights to increase user
productivity, control costs and improve overall business performance.
Sid Probstein, Chief Technology Officer of Attivio
Sid Probstein explains how Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) is powering the next generation of information access, integrating enterprise search and BI capabilities through its unique
ability to combine structured data and unstructured content in one universal index.
