Iv’e been a little slow on picking up on this one, but good news for busy executives who need to keep up with the latest research. Aberdeen Research Reports are now available on Kindle. Aberdeen is the leader amongst research firms to take advantage of the Kindle device, and with over 2.5 million readers in [...]
Read More..>>The latest Gartner 2009 CIO Agenda survey of 1500 CIO’s has revealed some surprising and not so surprising results.
Firstly, the not so surprising is that BI has been voted as the top technology for 2009, with the focus of its application on improving business processes. This supports the maturation of business intelligence into the market, [...]
This weeks blog is somewhat diverted from the usual corporate theme as we take a look at how the impending ‘Depression’ is set to sort out excessism of both consumers and businesses alike.
We had the Great Depression of the 1930’s and are now witnessing the Greed Depression of the 2000’s. I might be the only [...]
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 [...]
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