Business Intelligence Journal

Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN) today previewed Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel®, a new enterprise BI capability that enables Microsoft Excel users to directly access centrally controlled and secured Cognos 8 BI performance information for improved decision-making.
The self-service nature of the new capability will make it easy for business analysts, financial analysts or […]

Information Builders announced that Ace Hardware Corporation, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the industry, has chosen WebFOCUS as its enterprise reporting tool due to the solution’s ease of development, scalability, and data access […]

Mainframes are established critical components in an organization’s technology infrastructure, housing vast amounts of data that decision makers can use to gain historical hindsight and predict future outcomes. This is why SAS has tightly […]

Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN) announced today that Achmea Insurance Group has standardized on Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to support its financial and business planning and reporting.
Achmea, the largest insurance group in the Dutch market, employs 22,000 people working in six departments: Care, Pensions, Social Security, Direct Distribution, Monetary Distribution and Intermediary Distribution, and Group […]

Oco, Inc. announced a new customer deployment for Dunkin’ Donuts. This new application from Oco gives Dunkin’ Donuts management and reporting capabilities for franchise development, supporting the company’s […]

SeaTab Software was named a “Cool Vendor” by Gartner in a report titled “Cool Vendors in Analytics, Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management, 2007″. The report features five vendors cited by Gartner analysts for their innovation and market impact.
“It is an honor for SeaTab and the nearly 12,000 companies that use our solutions to […]

Panorama Software announced the availability of the Panorama NovaView® Virtual Appliance. The first-of-its-kind, the Panorama NovaView Virtual Appliance is a pre-built, pre-configured and ready-to-run software-based appliance with an operating system and a pre-configured suite of BI applications inside a virtual machine. Panorama Software’s Virtual Appliance enables customers to download and configure an enterprise ready version […]

WhereScape Software, provider of the first lifecycle management software solution specifically designed for data warehouses, announced today a technology agreement with MicroStrategy, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software.
WhereScape will deliver a version […]

Gartner has positioned IBM in the Leaders Quadrant in its report, “Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Services, North America, 2007.” According to Gartner, “the Leaders provide offerings that meet demand, as well as demonstrate the vision necessary to sustain their position as requirements evolve in the Business Intelligence (BI) market.” The report also states, “BI […]

Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) has chosen MicroStrategy to anchor key marketing reporting capabilities. Priceline.com is an Internet-based travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages, and cruises.
Priceline.com selected MicroStrategy to enhance its analytic and reporting capabilities and provide greater insight into key operational data for search engine marketing. With the ability […]