If you want a good update webinar on the next generation of business intelligence (BI), you may find this webinar a useful catch up. The webinar focuses on delivering near real-time operational BI and the latest technology trends and components of next-generation BI architectures.
The case study is presented by William McKnight, Snr VP for CSI, professional service providers [...]
We all recognise 2007 as a year of consolidation for BI, with major aquisitions right through the vendor market:
Oracle bought Hyperion
SAP purchased Business Objects
IBM acquired Cognos
Oracle has announced a $8.5 billion buyout of BEA.
This has lead most companies to pull back from any major BI technology purchases in 2008, instead waiting for a settling of [...]
Read More..>>And so it continues…..with IBM agreeing to acquire Cognos for approximately $5 billion [$58 per share]. The acquisition is subject to Cognos shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, but is expected to close in the first quarter of 2008.
Following completion of the acquisition, IBM intends to integrate Cognos as a group within IBM’s [...]
Over the past few years, most smaller niche BI vendors have already been absorbed by medium-sized and large software companies. And it seems the final few who have held their independence, are finally falling victim to the giant software vendors. Application and BPM vendors are hot for BI functionality and are willing to pay for [...]
Read More..>>Cognos 8 BI for Microsoft Excel uses Microsoft Excel software to slice, dice and drill down on OLAP data sources.
MS Excel is holding onto its status as a leading business intelligence tool in many companies. In spite of Excels risks and limitations as a BI tool, it is the interface that most business users identify [...]
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