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Who Cares About BI and Performance Management Market Share?
IDC recently released several reports on business analytics market shares, including business intelligence and performance management. Should anybody other than the vendors care? Why?
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Exciting, Risky Business Intelligence in South Africa
Last week saw the inaugural meetings of the BI special interest group of the Africa SAP User’s Group (AFSUG) in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. Here’s an overview of the presentations and feedback.
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John Schwarz on SAP BusinessObjects Plans and Priorities
Coverage of John Schwarz’ conversations at a Fortune Brainstorm event in July, about the plans and priorities for SAP BusinessObjects
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Needle in a Haystack Blog Area
If you want to go to one place to get all the news about what’s going on with SAP BusinessObjects, try the “Needle in a Haystack” area of the SAP Collaboration Workspace
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A Big Cryptographic Boost for On-Demand BI and Extranets?
A recent cryptographic breakthrough made by IBM Researcher Craig Gentry that potentially has huge consequences for both on-demand and extranet business intelligence.
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American Recovery Act Business Intelligence
Anybody that receives funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) must meet stringent legal reporting requirements, and aggregating all the information will require sophisticated information management. Greater government transparency through business intelligence may turn out to be the most challenging BI applications ever.
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End of a LucidEra?
On-demand BI vendor LucidEra was formed to “shake up the stagnant business intelligence industry”, but appears to be the latest victim of today’s difficulty economic climate.
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Drink Dispenser Analytics: Coca-Cola Goes Freestyle, With Help from SAP BI
Coca-Cola has introduced a new RFID-enabled drink dispenser that serves over 100 flavors and wirelessly beams information to an SAP BW datawarehouse in Atlanta, ready for advanced analytics.
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BI Is Indeed Counter-Cyclical: Market Shares
It’s official: according to Gartner, as reported by Mary Hayes Weier in Information Week, business intelligence is indeed counter-cyclical. Despite the tough economic climate, BI is growing at a healthy 22%, with SAP/Business Objects leading the pack.