Blogs
November 25, 2008
Will MapReduce Start a New Relational Database War?
September 30, 2008
Mobile BI: Do the Apple iPhone and Google G1 Have a Role to Play?
August 13, 2008
Major Changes Going on in Microsoft BI
August 6, 2008
Thoughts from the Pacific Northwest BI Summit
July 24, 2008
Microsoft Acquires Appliance Vendor DATAllegro: The Beginning of a Trend?
Articles
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?
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.
Using Enterprise 2.0 for Business Intelligence, Part 6
Rich Internet Applications and a Web-Oriented Architecture
In this sixth article in a continuing series, Colin White looks at new web technologies for building richer and more flexible web-based business intelligence applications.
Full Circle: Decision Intelligence (DSS 2.0)
This article discusses why business intelligence is often too closely associated with data warehousing and should be replaced by a concept such as decision intelligence, which could be considered a
modern version of earlier decision support systems.
Business Intelligence in the Cloud: Sorting Out the Terminology
Colin White explains the technologies behind the various terms currently being used to describe hosted business intelligence solutions and provides an overview of the capabilities they provide.
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.
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.
Food Pantry, Ltd Selects ARC Retail Business Intelligence from Manthan Systems
Food Pantry, selected ARC Retail Business Intelligence 5.8, a retail performance management solution from Manthan Systems.
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.
Talend Uses Open Source to Deliver Low-Cost, Easy-to-Use Enterprise Data Integration
This IDC white paper sponsored by Talend discusses the data integration market and shows how the combination of Talend's technical approach and its open source licensing overcomes key barriers to
adoption of data integration.
Bloor Research - Data Integration Platforms Market Update
This Data Integration Platforms Market Update details the requirement for enterprise-ready data integration platforms and examines the vendor landscape in this space.
Practical Open Source Data Integration: Case Studies and Implementation Examples
Many organizations have adopted open source for their data integration projects. This document presents a few selected case studies, illustrating real-life implementations of open source data
integration and its associated benefits.
Bloor InDetail - Talend Open Studio, An Independent Analyst Review
This product review will help IT staff and decision makers get an independent angle on the leading open source data integration solution.
Spotlights
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. 
Brad Peters, CEO of Birst
Brad Peters introduces Birst - an automated, on-demand business intelligence (BI) and analytics tool that simplifies the complexities of BI.
Shadan Malik, President and CEO of iDashboards
Shadan Malik discusses iDashboard's innovations in the presentation of visual intelligence via dashboards.
