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Cindi Howson
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SAP Steps Up Visual Analytics, Mobile BI
May 21, 2013 09:06 AM SAP's renamed Lumira visual module, mobile upgrades and the Hana platform are uniting the customer experience.
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SAS Upgrades Visual Analytics App
March 12, 2013 09:29 AM SAS strategy for big data, cloud and mobile includes one-click deployment of analytic apps in the cloud.
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MicroStrategy Doubles Down On Mobile, Data Visualization
February 14, 2013 09:06 AM Business intelligence vendor focuses on mobile, cloud, social and visual analysis amid a tight battle with SAP, Oracle, QlikTech and Tableau.
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7 Top Business Intelligence Trends For 2013
January 25, 2013 09:45 AM Short list of BI hot buttons includes dashboards, self-service, mobile, in-memory, cloud, collaboration and, of course, big data.
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Big Data Meets BI: Beyond The Hype
October 30, 2012 08:40 AM With Hadoop quickly gaining adoption, Cloudera, Platfora, SiSense and others are introducing new options for gaining business intelligence from this big data platform.
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Oracle Exalytics: Is It A Must-Have for BI?
October 11, 2012 12:34 PM Oracle's latest engineered system promises better business intelligence performance and ease of deployment, but the tradeoff is in openness to third-party tools.
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MicroStrategy Bets On Visualization, BI For Facebook
July 23, 2012 09:22 AM MicroStrategy's latest release counts on warming interest in cloud-based business intelligence and hot demand for social data analysis.
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QlikTech Buys Expressor To Nix Scripting
June 15, 2012 08:45 AM Deal gives QlikView business intelligence software a graphical user interface to ease and speed data loading.
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SAP Shares Five-Point BI Improvement Plan
May 22, 2012 09:58 AM SAP is innovating on core business intelligence, visual analysis, mobile, social, and deep analytics.
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QlikTech Promises 'Gorgeous Genius'
May 14, 2012 09:00 AM The Business Intelligence vendor behind QlikView says next release will blend seductive interfaces with smart, comparative-analysis capabilities.
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Oracle Makes Case For Exalytics, Data Discovery
May 03, 2012 08:53 AM Oracle demonstrates how it optimizes queries, searches mixed data types, and "engineers" hardware to run its high-demand software.
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SAP Steps Up Commitment To Predictive Analytics
March 15, 2012 08:07 AM SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analysis will integrate with Hana, take on SAS and IBM SPSS modeling and analysis tools.
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MicroStrategy Cloud, Social And Mobile Bets Pay Off
January 31, 2012 08:00 AM Cloud-based business intelligence services, mobile delivery options and Facebook data-analysis capabilities help drive MicroStrategy's fast growth.
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SAP Steps Up Mobile, Cloud And In-Memory Commitments
December 19, 2011 08:30 AM SAP spotlights innovation, customer success and new partnerships with Google, Tableau and Tibco at its Influencer Summit.
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SAP BusinessObjects Customers Await New Platform
July 22, 2011 08:26 AM Delays have pushed back the vendor's business intelligence suite 4.0 upgrade, but components including data services and a Microsoft Office analysis tool are finally available.
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IBM Readies Data Visualization Play
June 10, 2011 12:22 PM Cognos release could disrupt market dominated by specialty vendors QlikTech and Tableau.
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SAP Hana Overshadows BusinessObjects 4.0 At Sapphire
May 19, 2011 01:32 PM The in-memory appliance and the big BI release are both set for release next month, so why is it that only Hana got the limelight and customer testimonials at this week's event?
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Manage The Mayhem Of Mobile BI
May 09, 2011 09:54 AM Some business intelligence vendors rely on device-native mobile apps while others count on browser-based viewing of reports and dashboards. Here are the tradeoffs of each approach.
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Make Peace In The BI-Versus-Excel Battle
April 11, 2011 08:36 AM Managers fear Microsoft Excel undermines business intelligence, but sometimes, it's the best solution in a fast-paced business environment. Here's how to support spreadsheets without sacrificing data integrity.
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Business Intelligence Goes Mainstream At info360
March 24, 2011 03:37 PM The biggest event in content management and records management adds BI to the topic list.
Bio
Cindi Howson is the founder of BI Scorecard , an independent analyst firm that advises companies on BI tool strategies and offers in-depth business intelligence product reviews.
By The Numbers
Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012
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