Business Intelligence Performance Management

Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN) (TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, yesterday announced that MassHousing, the leading provider of affordable housing for both individuals and major developments across the American state of Massachusetts, has standardized on Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI). .

OSI Consulting Acquires Hyperion Preferred Partner

OSI Consulting, Inc., leaders in creating business value through technology, announced that it has expanded its offerings to include Hyperion expertise by acquiring one of Hyperion's leading consulting partners, 1Answer Solutions. Through the acquisition, OSI Consulting continues to parallel Oracle's product strategy and gains a new business practice focusing on business intelligence and business performance management.

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MarketWatch: Oracle 11g Commoditizes OLAP

Oracle has announced its next generation database platform Oracle 11g that packs in nearly 500 enhancements and new features, promising improved performance, accelerated change management, higher scalability, easier administration, and reduced cost. But what's in it for business intelligence and data warehousing?

Taking Control of Your Firm's Business Intelligence App

Still fighting to control the business intelligence systems in your organization? Analytics, data warehouses and performance management systems, known as BI tools, enhance decision-making, improve customer service, boost revenues and reduce costs. They are considered among the top priorities of senior business and technology executives these days, according to surveys by Gartner, BusinessWeek Research Services (BWRS) and other organizations.

All too often, though, Information Technology departments aren’t among the key BI stewards. While a recent survey of senior business decision makers found that CIOs and their IT departments are decidedly out of the BI loop, there are ways to get back in the game.

First, let’s look at the situation. Last year BWRS polled CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, COOs and other senior executives of U.S.-based organizations for their views on BI.

Business Objects Acquisitions Boost Q2

Business Objects almost tripled its second-quarter earnings, but has issued a weak forecast for its current quarter. The business intelligence software maker reported net income for the quarter of $21.6m (22 cents EPS), nearly three times up from $7.9m (7 cents EPS) a year ago. Revenue for quarter rose 23% to $363.2m, from $294.5m a year ago. Importantly, license revenue, a key indicator of organic growth, was also up 21% in the quarter to $149m. Services revenue including maintenance, consulting, and training, jumped 25% to $214m in the same period. Product-wise, Business Objects' newer enterprise performance management product line, based on technologies acquired from SRC Software and more recently Cartesis, continued to gain traction in the quarter. Business Objects also said its enterprise information management suite, which includes data integration, federated query, and data quality tools, is also starting to sell into its traditional BI accounts.