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07. 2.2008 Did you notice the new video player on our home page? This isn't just a new user interface, it's a connection to a whole new video delivery infrastructure. This new service brings you a higher-quality viewing experience as well as faster and easier control over what you're watching... With this is mind, I thought I'd share my top-five list of IE-reader-relevant videos... Read more from Doug Henschen >> Oracle Unveils Plans for BEA 07. 2.2008
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07. 1.2008 I was at last week's Open Source BI Summit sponsored by Sun and it was interesting to see a presentation by Mark Madsen asserting that Open Source is taking hold due to the commoditization of software in the market... Let me take a contrarian position... I believe that the complexities of BI are driving new markets like open source... Read more from Mark Smith >> Avoid End-of-Quarter Buying and ELAs 06.30.2008
Last week I had the pleasure of keynoting at the DocTrain event in Indianapolis and also running a small session on "How to procure Content Technologies."... At the end of the session I chatted with the head of a leading US-based systems integrator who said he liked the session but would have added two key points: 1. Never buy at the end of a quarter and 2. Avoid Enterprise License Agreements. Read more from Alan Pelz-Sharpe >>
06.26.2008 I have created a short survey for users and consultants on Voice of the Customer (VoC) text analytics best practices. There are seven questions plus a comment field. The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete. If you are involved with VoC text analytics or are looking at solutions for possible adoption, please respond to the survey. I'll publish results at a later date. Thanks! Read more from Seth Grimes >>
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IDC Report Sees Steady Growth for BI, Pent-Up Demand for Analytics Microsoft, SAS and SPSS lead marketshare gains in 2007. Analyst sees media and academia driving mainstream demand. Oracle Outlines Roadmap For BEA Acquisition's Products BEA's WebLogic will become Oracle's strategic application server and will undergo very little re-engineering, Oracle President Charles Phillips said. Microsoft Revises Volume Licensing Agreements The software vendor is continuing down a path that's cut the total number of licensing programs from more than 100 last year to 26. Cast Iron Offers Integration Appliance For NetSuite NetSuite is the latest software-as-a-service vendor supported by Cast Iron integration appliances, which are billed as supporting application integration through configuration rather than coding. Progress Buys Two SOA Tool Vendors In Two Days Mindreef and Iona Technologies are expected to bolster Progress' portfolio which includes management tools and business process management software. Talend Unveils Open Source Data Profiler Open Profiler helps IT teams assess data to identify potential problems before beginning projects such as data integration or application development. Sun Bundles MySQL Database, GlassFish App Server By charging only $65,000 per year, Sun hopes to challenge traditional commercial software providers that charge large license fees and maintenance costs. Cloud9 Analytics Brings Forecasting to Salesforce.com Users Data warehouse in the cloud gains forecasting app, Excel-based visual report builder.
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Put to the Test: Best Smartphone Platforms For Business  A smartphone's OS drives its productivity-enhancing powers. Here's a guide to choosing among Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia S60, and Google Android. RELATED LINKS: • Intelligence on the Go: Mobile Delivery of BI • The Challenge of Mobile Analytics • The Challenge of Mobile Analytics: Part II MUST READS
Are You Ready for Advanced Analytics? You can now buy analytics as an add-on module for your BI suite, but you'll need expertise to make the leap into predictive analytics. Predictive Analytics: Peer into the BI Crystal Ball A new Aberdeen Group survey finds that there's no silver bullet in predictive analytic success. Here's a sampling of the approaches best-in-class firms are using to spot trends, understand customers, and proactively tune products, pricing and positioning. Q&A: Amazon on Enterprise Computing in the Cloud Speaking at this week's Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston, Amazon's Adam Selipsky says enterprises are already embracing the agility and economies of scale of cloud computing. How to Get to Better Planning and Budgeting A new Ventana Research report finds that most companies are falling short on the basics of performance management. Here are five sets of diagnostic questions as well as best practices for broader, more responsive and more effective planning and budgeting. Q&A With Gartner's Don Feinberg on Database as a Service and Cloud DBs Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Sun are now fueling the growing fire around the database-as-a-service and cloud database markets, but what's the difference between these offerings and what's the appeal? Database guru Don Feinberg defines terms and raises important questions about reliability and security. Your Next Data Warehouse? Size Up Column-Store Databases and Appliances These approaches may beat out conventional databases in price and performance. Here's how to find products that fit with your company's data analysis needs. Intelligence on the Go: Mobile Delivery of BI Many BI vendors now offer modules that let you deliver just about any report to smart phones, but as a major retailer, a health care provider and a major government agency have discovered, practical, tactical wins are the key to mobile success. |
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