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Customer Experience Metrics Can Support Strategy
November 10, 2011 Potential tools to gain higher customer effectiveness being overlooked for decision-making, operational processes, new study...

Consumerization of IT: It’s a Strange World
November 10, 2011 How enterprises should adjust to maintain control as end users pull their own technologies into the enterprise

Smart Grid Driving Enterprise Architecture Requirements
October 27, 2011 Composite applications are key to achieving an open but secure system using SOA, enterprise service buses, gateways and data...

New Trends, Problems for BI End Users
October 13, 2011 BI Survey 10 shows users want less politics, more complex analysis capabilities, high performance in maturing market

Value of Smart Information Technology Still Unrealized
October 12, 2011 Business benefits from analytics, sustainability, mobile business and security initiatives slow to be realized due to...

IT Management Concerns Changing Rapidly
October 6, 2011 Multiple technology transitions to cloud, virtualization, consumerization and social networking are creating a more dynamic...

BMC Purchases StreamStep
October 5, 2011 StreamStep’s application release process capabilities to be incorporated into BMC’s application management product

Social CRM Momentum Rising
September 29, 2011 Burgeoning software as a service customer relationship management market paving the way for SMBs to maximize social...

Small Business Tech Support Market Not so Small
September 28, 2011 Driven by problems with servers, networking, virtualization and mobile support, the SMB technical support market is projected...

Context is Key to Collaboration
September 22, 2011 Increasing need for global communication and growth in prevalence of analytical decision support drive collaborative BI

Overheard: On Broad-Based Virtualization of Data Sources
September 22, 2011 10 Minutes with Ed Iacobucci, VirtualWorks Chairman and CEO

E-Discovery’s Expansion to Accelerate
September 21, 2011 Big data, corporate recovery and legal demand will drive e-discovery market growth

U.S. Dominates SaaS
September 15, 2011 Software as a service global market to see a 20.7 percent increase to 12.1 billion this year: Gartner

Security Spending Outpaces Overall IT Market
September 15, 2011 Analyst firm puts software at $23 billion by 2015

Rise of the Cloud Continues
September 14, 2011 Ventana research shows deployment applications expected to grow faster than those on-premise; pinpoints data challenges within

Virtualization is the New Norm
September 8, 2011 Enterprises of all size are deploying virtualization in data center environments; Aberdeen calls it a tipping point for business

Infor Affiliate Lawson Software Acquires Approva
September 8, 2011 GRC add-ins for financial software suites to monitor the enterprise and alert business users to fraud risk

Snapshot on Privacy in the Enterprise
September 1, 2011 Cloud computing, location-based services and regulatory processes causing organizations to review privacy and compliance...

Significant Growth Projected for Social CRM
September 1, 2011 B2B on pace to be 30 percent of market by 2015; demand is in the marketing, customer service and sales areas: Gartner

IBM to Acquire U.K. Analytics Firm i2
August 31, 2011 IBM looking to boost big data intelligence for real-time security, in both civic law enforcement and private enterprise

Innovating in Data Protection
August 17, 2011 Terence Spies, CTO, Voltage Security, talks about old and new methods of encryption for security purposes

Millennials are Coming: Get Prepared, IT
August 17, 2011 IT managers must balance standardization, governance and security against workers’ expectations for mobile and immediate...

Social Intranet Connects With Staff
August 12, 2011 Employee social networking at retailer Mountain Equipment Co-op lifts productivity, brings employees together while...

Microsoft to Size Up Big Data With Hadoop
August 10, 2011 SQL and Parallel Data Warehouse platform the latest connection for dealing with data overload

Consulting Remains Strong Market
August 5, 2011 Positive assessment of the public sector business consulting services market from IDC

Outsourcing for Operational Efficiency in Utilities
August 3, 2011 Cutting IT expense through outsourcing allows for investments in compliance, sustainability and infrastructure improvements,...

Saving Time, Money and Face with E-Discovery
August 2, 2011 Using e-discovery software, Severson & Werson pinpointed key documents that cleared a client and lowered evidentiary costs by...

Financial Market IT Investments to Hit $32B
July 22, 2011 Recovering global wealth management industry projected to surpass $32 billion in IT spending over five years

Sustainability Imperative Imminent
July 21, 2011 New Gartner research points to business sustainability practices as area ripe for reaping financial and operational...

Shared Services Demand on the Rise
July 21, 2011 Sourcing advisers survey finds internal process improvement required to optimize business performance; client cloud...

Dell to Acquire Data Center Networking Provider
July 20, 2011 Force10 Networks offers virtualized and automated conventional data center and cloud networks

Snapshot on the Business Intelligence Market
July 15, 2011 Users Driving BI Demands for Ease of Use and Context Functions

Culture is Key to Risk Management Success
July 14, 2011 Aberdeen study: compliance mandates require senior staff support, accountability processes in place

IT Hustles to Meet Mobile Needs
July 13, 2011 Increasing tablet and smartphone adoption for work creates headaches over security, support

Business Intelligence Tools – Going Global
June 29, 2011 Users driving demand for reporting and pervasive analytics, new research finds

Enterprise Software Spending: Out with the Old, in with the New
June 23, 2011 Projected $267 billion 2011 market to continue recovery, but it’s no free for all yet, Gartner says

Oracle To Buy Web Experience Management Provider
June 23, 2011 FatWire acquisition to offer customer targeting and better engagement

What Makes a Good CIO?
June 16, 2011 Information manager job descriptions altering from traditional infrastructure focus to being business agile and innovative,...

Expectations Versus Reality in Virtual Market
June 15, 2011 Planning and IT business alignment central to success, survey results suggest

Workforce Analytics Drives Business Outcomes
June 9, 2011 New Aberdeen report shows evidence that analytics integration helps growth, personnel optimization

Global Security Software Market Expands
June 9, 2011 $14.7 billion market shows risk management, regulatory compliance top priorities across all security sectors Gartner reports

SMB IT Spending More, Faster than Expected
June 2, 2011 Small and midsized business IT outlay projected at $125 billion for 2011: new IDC report

Content Virtualization Startup Sets Sights on Overload
June 1, 2011 Led by Citrix veteran, VirtualWorks works off of a new enterprise information framework

Learning With Less
May 26, 2011 Study of Federal financial, operations and performance managers highlights cost savings methods from efficiency

Layers Key as Malware Attacks Pervade
May 25, 2011 In wake of damaging breaches at Sony, RSA and more, Gartner proposes five-point approach

Symantec Corp. Acquiring Clearwell Systems
May 19, 2011 Archiving provider improves information governance program with the addition of e-discovery

Open Source’s Mainstream Invasion
May 18, 2011 Cloud and mobile markets cause spike in open software, though barriers persist: survey

Formation of the New Open Virtualization Alliance
May 18, 2011 BMC, HP, IBM and others join nonprofit’s aim to develop, increase business interest in Kernel-based Virtual Machine

New Enterprise Performance Management Release from SAP BusinessObjects
May 13, 2011 10.0 version includes features to extend throughout enterprise; provides “central launch point,” analyst says

New Startup in Predictive Analytics Market
May 12, 2011 Big data predictive analytics provider Alpine Data Labs secures large capital boost; enters U.S. market

Eager Users Unprepared for Cloud Challenges
May 11, 2011 Open Group community struggles with measuring cloud ROI, security, change management, survey shows

Supply Chain Management Sees Double-Digit Rebound
May 11, 2011 SCM software market grew 10 percent in 2010

The Pace of Cloud Adoption: Slowly but Surely
May 4, 2011 Despite IT enthusiasm, cloud hype unmatched by implementation due to lack of maturity: Vendor study

Growth Year for Services
May 4, 2011 IT services spending up 3.1 Percent in 2010, Gartner reports

Interface: The Social Media Wave is Here
May 1, 2011 Borders of the office are being redefined forever by collaboration and engagement on Web platforms

BI Failure, Underperformance Blamed on Lack of IT Resources
April 25, 2011 Business intelligence spending slated to increase in 2011; demand is up, resources are down, according to vendor study

Global IT Governance Training Group to Launch
April 20, 2011 International Board for IT Governance Qualifications invites members to join; promotes standardized high quality GRC training

BI Market Bounced Back in 2010
April 20, 2011 2010 revenue represents a 13.4 percent increase from 2009 revenue, states Gartner

Managers Handling More Data, Faster than Ever
April 14, 2011 Business intelligence delivery needs to change for better self-service: Aberdeen research

What Real-Time Search is Worth
April 14, 2011 Penn State study monetized real-time content search in social media and found billions

Privacy Legislation Notes $300B Information Economy is Key
April 13, 2011 Rather than enforcing restrictive regulations, the U.S. Commercial Privacy of Rights bill recognizes tech innovation as...

New Data Warehousing Platforms from Teradata
April 11, 2011 Active EDW 6680 and 6650 demonstrate improved storage performance, smaller data center footprint

IBM Builds Out the Cloud
April 11, 2011 SmartCloud matches workload requirements from simple Web infrastructure to complex business processes

Oracle to Acquire Datanomic
April 8, 2011 Data quality provider adds risk and compliance features to Oracle's data management system

Mobile BI to Become the Norm: Dresner
April 7, 2011 Some devices are hot, others not in rapidly changing market

Server Virtualization Faces Real Problems
April 5, 2011 Storage costs and needed upgrades slowing adoption, surveyed IT managers say

Liaison Technologies Acquires nuBridges Inc.
April 4, 2011 Cloud company expands its integration, data management security

SMB IT’s Spring Thaw
March 31, 2011 Small and midsized businesses show strongest technology gains in 18 months, more virtualization predicted, new research shows

Radian6 to be Acquired by Salesforce.com
March 30, 2011 Cloud company gains a technology and market leader in social media monitoring

Enterprise Architecture Aligns with Business Strategy
March 30, 2011 Traditional IT practices evolving due to user decision-making, pressure to prove business value and new collaboration tools,...

1,900 Information Technology M&As Made in 2010
March 29, 2011 Merger and acquisition concentration in applications led the activity, says IDC

Cisco Goes for newScale
March 29, 2011 Move to buy SaaS firm shows Cisco’s cloud strategy in motion

Intellectual Capital the New Hacker Target
March 28, 2011 Security risk has shifted from personal information to complex proprietary information, new study shows

Federal Agencies Need to Deal with Big Data, Now
March 24, 2011 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology points to exponential data growth as leading the imperative

Why CIOs Are Aligning Operational Technology and IT
March 17, 2011 Reduction of costs and risks drives the convergence of IT and operational technology

Cloud Without Risk
March 10, 2011 Gartner offers tips for buyer protection in cloud contracts

Storage Hot Streak Continues
March 9, 2011 Automated tiering, deployment inefficiencies and age drive market growth

Dirty Information, Access Challenge Data Miners
March 4, 2011 Study: Data miners give low grades to organization analytics and data quality

Business Meets Tech: Job Skills in Demand
February 25, 2011 Study shows employers want what graduates don’t have: experience

Data Warehouse Evolution to Reach Critical Mass
February 24, 2011 Mission-critical platforms changing infrastructure toward extreme information, Gartner says

Green Supply Chain is the Standard
February 22, 2011 Survey reveals environmental data tracking is required by suppliers, partners, customers

More Maturity Required for Sales Analytics
February 18, 2011 Organizations have not yet automated many of the data integration and sales analytics operations needed, Ventana reveals

Don’t Repeat Doomed Identity and Access Management History
February 17, 2011 Process before tools among Gartner research suggestions

Business More Mobile than Ever, Forever
February 14, 2011 No going back from a wireless world; industry research says 2011 is tipping point of consumer devices in the enterprise

IT Market Bounced Back Big in 2010
February 9, 2011 Fastest growth rate in three years; hardware spending on storage, mobile devices and network equipment led the drive, says IDC

Open Source Trends toward Strategic
February 8, 2011 Gartner suggests open source adoption helps organizations competitively; formal policy is key

Many IT Managers Still Resist Cloud
January 27, 2011 Study suggests organizations are not leveraging cloud investments

CEO Complexity Challenge
January 26, 2011 Success depends on a mix of compliance, information management, oversight and innovation to combat increased risks, costs

Fewest Tech Layoffs in 10 Years
January 24, 2011 Research shows 2010 cuts to be lowest on record; fast growth expected for computer, electronics and telecommunications jobs

What’s Bugging IT?
January 21, 2011 Tech refreshes continue to keep administrators up at night; more cloud migration coming

Governance Gets Respect from C-Level
January 19, 2011 New study: outsourcing popular, cloud blocked by legacy infrastructure, execs unimpressed with social media

Adobe Purchases Data Management Firm Demdex
January 19, 2011 Adds platform for evolving, growing Web audience optimization

NetApp to Acquire Akorri Networks, Inc.
January 14, 2011 Storage provider seeks to add performance analytics to their data management capabiilities

Legacy Systems Consume Nearly Half of Federal IT Applications Spending
January 12, 2011 $35.7 billion spent annually supporting too-old legacy apps

Best Practices in Retail Intelligence
January 12, 2011 61 percent of companies to start using real-time RFID in next two years, Aberdeen reports

Show, Don't Tell
January 6, 2011 TDWI study finds business users spend almost two-thirds of their time analyzing data in tables and text

Measure More, Produce More
January 5, 2011 Aberdeen finds best-in-class, high ROI ERP implementations do not always cost more if well managed

BI is Growing Up
December 30, 2010 Agile business intelligence the hot trend; pervasive BI and skilled talent sought, says new research from Forrester

Enterprise Social Software Trending Up
December 23, 2010 Gartner predicts continued growth and increased deployment of social business technologies; cloud and SaaS remain keys to...

Four Innovations in Information Infrastructure
December 15, 2010 Gartner offers new strategies for IT leaders

UPDATED: Top Three IT Initiatives for Small Business Savings
December 15, 2010 Techaisle study shows IT leads the way in reducing operating costs

10 Top Data Federation Errors
December 8, 2010 New research identifies virtualization mistakes

Data Center Spending Shrinks as Cloud Grows
December 8, 2010 Developing cloud market will offer energy savings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions

IT Achievement Gap Widens
December 2, 2010 High performers rebounding after economic downturn have IT counterparts playing catch-up, says Accenture research

Red Hat Seeks to Acquire Makara
December 1, 2010 Open source provider expands platform as a service in its cloud portfolio

Social Software ROI Poised to Grow
November 24, 2010 IDC’s new study shows enterprises continue to adopt social software and can forecast ROI

Data Breaches Still Too Common, Study Says
November 17, 2010 Business are not erasing sensitive information before disposing of hardware, says vendor experts

Cloud Data Protection Necessary, Attainable
November 17, 2010 Vendor study says those eyeing cloud for storage want security assurance

Facebook and Smartphones: Fast Growth for the Future
November 11, 2010 Trends in IT will focus on development for social media and mobile devices, says Gartner

Information Access Unlocks Success in Small Businesses
November 10, 2010 Aberdeen report reveals too many decisions are based on inaccurate or incomplete data in SMBs

SaaS ERP Interest Spikes
November 3, 2010 Benefits of low total cost of ownership starting to outweigh security concerns of software as a service

Health Care IT Faces Growth Amid Availability and Budget Concerns
November 3, 2010 Vendor-sponsored study suggests need for increasing awareness of infrastructure strategies; technology updates planned for many

Oracle Sued by Justice Department
July 30, 2010 Under the False Claims Act, U.S. DoJ alleges that Oracle defrauded the government on a software contract

7 Steps to Enhance Product Data Quality
July 29, 2010 TDWI’s research identifies a trend toward and methods for improving product data quality

SaaS Keeps Growing in the Enterprise Application Market
July 23, 2010 2010 Revenue up 14.1 percent from 2009, says Gartner

Majority of IT Decision-Makers Are Talking Cloud, Says TPI Research
July 22, 2010 Benefits and top concerns regarding cloud computing identified by clients in new study

Small Business Needs Cloud Education
July 19, 2010 While cloud computing is on the rise, confusion still exists

Develop the Cloud into a Technology Strategy
July 15, 2010 New framework from Saugatuck explains what cloud development offerings require

Accurate Sales Forecasting Depends on Analytics
July 12, 2010 Sales analytics tools offer companies significant benefits, says Aberdeen

Business Performance Management Drivers in 2010
July 8, 2010 Annual survey shows fewer implementations this year; management reporting a priority

Gartner: What IT Buyers Want
July 1, 2010 Survey shows that top drivers for use of external service providers are to reduce the operating costs of IT and to ensure IT...

Updated: TDWI: How To Make Data Integration Work
June 23, 2010 A checklist of 10 characteristics shows it’s time to raise the bar on integration expectations due to industry evolution

New Data Virtualizer from Netezza and Composite
June 21, 2010 Appliance adoption continues to grow; software offers integration

Hospitals’ Top IT Priority for 2010 is Secure Data Management
June 17, 2010 Vendor study says that disaster recovery is the major concern in transition from paper-based health records to electronic...

Updated: Cloud Spending Speeds Up
June 14, 2010 The 451 Group reports that cloud spending has helped drive the overall increase in IT spending

Zero Data Loss Is Out of Reach
June 9, 2010 Survey shows end users are restricted by budgets in eliminating data loss through a disaster recovery strategy

IDC: European Cloud Providers Expanding
June 7, 2010 Cost management, reliability, flexibility high priorities for CIOs

Aberdeen: Line-of-Business Survey Reveals Need for Self-Service BI
June 4, 2010 Business intelligence in real time is top demand; user decision-making can’t wait

Infrastructure Monitoring and Management Tops List of Data Center User Issues
June 2, 2010 Vendor-sponsored study revealed availability and heat density also key issues for data center managers

Gartner: Global Server Shipment Market Shows Growth
May 28, 2010 Research shows revenue for the market is on the upswing, vendor growth highest in Latin America

Digital Asset Management Lightens Up
May 26, 2010 DAM vendors rolling out advanced features to compete with Web content management and document management

IT Spending In All Major Industries Returning To Growth
May 20, 2010 Gartner study shows that IT marketplace is still operating in a cost-optimization mode

SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Enhanced by New HP Business Intelligence Assessment Services
May 17, 2010 Suite connects client data and offers strategic business information

Success Secrets of Data Warehousing and MDM
May 13, 2010 Research commissioned by Baseline Consulting shows master data management and data warehousing are being deployed by early...

Cloud Consumers Want it Free
May 12, 2010 Study from ABI Research shows only 11.6 percent of consumers paid for cloud in 2009, but revenue is forecast to grow

SaaS CPM Costs Less than On-Premise, Study Finds
May 10, 2010 Vendor-supported research on software as a service corporate performance management shows biggest cost advantages in IT...

IDC: Virtualization Market Rebounding
April 28, 2010 Server virtualization maturity signals changing behaviors and buying intentions, according to study

Aster Data and Dell Join for Analytics in the Cloud
April 26, 2010 New offering combines Aster Data's advanced MPP data warehouse for data management and analytics processing with Dell's cloud...

Watch List Screening Needs Improvement
April 22, 2010 Vendor-sponsored survey reveals smaller financial service firms do a better job of monitoring customers and transactions than...

SuiteCloud 2.0 from NetSuite Released
April 19, 2010 New features include application management in the cloud, cloud-to-cloud integration with single sign-on authentication and...

Prepare to Increase Data Management Efforts, Says TDWI
April 15, 2010 Recent report highlights benefits of and barriers to unified data management

Call to Action: Deal With Data Growth
April 7, 2010 Vendor-sponsored study exposes organizations’ lack of strategy to deal with increasing information volume

Analytics Data Capture from Enkata
April 6, 2010 Activity Tracker proposes to shorten implementation times from six to nine months to six to eight weeks

Cloud Security Lacking
April 5, 2010 Vendor study shows data needs better protection; organizations require more training, IT participation in evaluation

IDC: Business Analytics Market Poised to Grow, Lacks Methodology
April 1, 2010 Spending intentions for 2010 in business analytics are highest in life sciences, securities and investment industries

Increased Spending in Content Analytics Predicted
March 29, 2010 Vendor-sponsored AIIM study says search engines are not as useful as content analytics tools

Data Miner Survey Shows Positive Signs
March 25, 2010 Most data miners are not feeling affected by economy; almost half rate their companies’ analytic capabilities as above...

Forrester: Trends in Virtualization
March 22, 2010 Commissioned study finds SaaS and cloud computing continue to expand, introduce new levels of complexity

IDC: Web 2.0 for Retail
March 18, 2010 Social media can be used to gain competitive advantage

Pegasystems to Acquire Chordiant
March 15, 2010 Agreement says Pegasystems will pay $161.5 million for CRM software/services provider; deal to close Q2 2010

Saugatuck: Alternatives Gaining in IT Systems Management
March 10, 2010 Options range from traditional on-premise solutions to appliances to SaaS and cloud-based tools

Updated Active EDW from Teradata
March 8, 2010 Expanded memory, improved throughput, increased linkage speed, faster backup and energy-saving performance

Aberdeen: Best Practices in IT Security
March 4, 2010 Reports emphasizes balance between defense and enablement; governance, risk and compliance tools valued

Gartner: CRM Remains High Priority, Budgets Stay Flat
February 25, 2010 Marketing funds lag demand for customer service, focus on internal processes, use cases not yet clear for external customer...

New Data Management Program from DataFlux
February 22, 2010 Introduction combines several areas of information management in one platform

IT Budgets Going to Current Operations in 2010
February 18, 2010 Forrester says weak economy created backlog of needed updates

Cloud Confusion Reigns
February 11, 2010 Poll shows security, privacy are major issues of concern for IT decision-makers

Business Analytics Challenges Linger
February 8, 2010 Accenture survey results show siloed data, outdated technology and a lack of analytical talent plague organizations

MDM Achieving Maturity in Enterprises
February 4, 2010 Survey shows organizations are turning to MDM as a key enabler in improving the quality, timeliness and reliability of...

IDC: Recession Will Resonate in IT for 2010
February 3, 2010 Global IT spending will continue to hover slightly below 2008 levels; pent-up demand could arrive in 2011; near-term growth...

UPDATED: Gartner: Thought Leadership is Key to Marketing Consulting Services
February 1, 2010 Consulting service expertise is reflected in client marketing but needs to be an organized discipline

IDC: Social Web to Penetrate the Enterprise
January 28, 2010 Fifty-seven percent of U.S. workers use social media for business purposes at least once per week

IT Spending Must Address New Resources Requests
January 28, 2010 An emphasis on demand management is essential for cost reduction and supporting the business

Forrester: Information Architecture Matters
January 21, 2010 Survey of more than 400 enterprise architects finds information architecture is immature and undervalued

Practitioners Predict BI Will Keep Growing in 2010
January 13, 2010 Vendor-sponsored study also shows the majority are undecided about social media information’s value

Updated: CA Acquires Oblicore
January 11, 2010 Service level management software will help IT establish and measure contract expectations

Updated: Aberdeen: Best-In-Class Data Management for BI
January 7, 2010 Reduced time to information, common views of data, and high data quality levels are marks of industry leader success with...

Hottest Tech Trends of the Year
December 21, 2009 Vendor study examines social networking to reveal the most-used terms in IT of 2009

Financial Services Study Shows International Discrepancies, Similarities
December 16, 2009 Investment in data management projects primarily driven by compliance, organizational efficiency and competitive advantage

Customized Advanced Analytics from Information Builders and ParAccel
December 15, 2009 Strategic partnership combines business intelligence with high-performance analytics

Gartner: Big Growth Ahead for Open Source BI
December 9, 2009 Open source gaining traction but not yet on par with commercial BI platforms

Gartner: Big Growth Ahead for Open Source BI
December 9, 2009 Open source gaining traction but not yet on par with commercial BI platforms

New Web 2.0-inspired Workforce Tool from TIBCO
December 7, 2009 tibbr to filter and package relevant information for users, improve productivity

Aberdeen: Current and Future State of Web Content Management
December 2, 2009 Research shows extracting insight from data was the major challenge in 2009

Casinos Can Get Competitive with SaaS from SAS
November 30, 2009 Silver State Capital Advisors is enabling improved customer loyalty, more effective marketing campaigns with SAS on-demand...

New Virtual Directory Server Context Edition Released
November 20, 2009 Radiant Logic tackles identity integration with virtualization

Study Reveals U.S. IT Workers’ State of Mind
November 18, 2009 Motivation and loyalty low due to longer hours and more work

TDWI: Data Federation is Vital to Data Integration
November 16, 2009 Virtualization is suited for delivering unified access to data in multiple systems via high-performance distributed queries

Saugatuck: Monetizing the Cloud
November 11, 2009 Cloud billing capabilities provide agility in competitive situations and reduce operational costs

Quantivo Updates E-Commerce Analytics
November 9, 2009 Web retailers offered better behavioral tools and analytics to predict customer actions

Aberdeen: Best-In-Class Enterprise Search
November 6, 2009 Best practices include establishing an implementation team, focusing on productivity

New Cloud BI Suite Release from Birst
November 3, 2009 SaaS technology updates feature live access, advanced ETL and reporting services

CFO Survey Predicts More Pressure, Reforecasting
October 28, 2009 BPM Forum study finds half of respondents believe that the current recession will take another deep hit; nearly three-quarters...

Endeca Partnerships Aim For Visibility
October 26, 2009 Search improves with Informatica, SAP technologies

International Open Source Movement Growing at Faster Pace
October 26, 2009 Survey spanning several verticals reveals attitudes and trends in open source growth and adoption by region

StoredIQ 5.0 Appliance Released
October 19, 2009 Enhancements include e-discovery, records management, information governance and storage management

IDC: How the Changed Economy Is Shaping IT Practices
October 19, 2009 IT leaders have slashed expenses and limited capital purchases

Kognitio Releases WX2 7.0
October 13, 2009 Latest upgrade addresses downtime issues with automated recovery, improved in-memory analytics

Aberdeen on Workforce Analytics
October 13, 2009 Top-performing organizations report as much as an 11 percent improvement in profit per employee

Gartner: Cloud Predictions
October 5, 2009 IT will invest more in private than public; larger IT orgs will take on service sourcing responsibility

LucidEra Technology Picked Up by Pentaho
October 5, 2009 More SaaS for the open source BI suite; front-end interface will change for Pentaho users

Spreadsheets Must Go
September 28, 2009 Automation will bring financial measurable improvements, according to BPM Partners survey on budgeting and planning for...

Ventana Research: Product Information Management Growth Sluggish
September 28, 2009 Few organizations have even begun PIM initiatives; lack of resources a major barrier

Gartner: Security Market Shows Growth
September 21, 2009 Software remains critical despite economic downturn

Tracking H1N1 with BI
September 21, 2009 SAP helps Emergency Medical Associates find outbreaks, push alerts, allows hospitals to staff accordingly

IDC: Social Media in the Workplace
September 15, 2009 Rapid growth only hindered by corporate culture’s resistance and the economy

CA Will Acquire NetQoS, Inc.
September 14, 2009 Gains to be in network and systems management, application performance management, cloud-based services

Aberdeen: Best-in-Class of the Process Industries
September 7, 2009 Research shows how manufacturers are achieving process excellence

SaaS Evolves with Economy and Business Users
September 1, 2009 Saugatuck study shows SaaS will become integral to infrastructure within all aspects of user firms by 2014

Analytics Helps Impoverished Nations
August 31, 2009 Statistics reveal if strategies are on the right track, help improve living conditions in underdeveloped countries

Ventana Investigates Data Governance
August 24, 2009 Research reveals potential benefits from improving existing processes, offers next steps

Telecom Versatel AG Uses SPSS
August 24, 2009 German telecommunications provider gets results in direct marketing campaigns with predictive analytics

Efficient Business Processes Costly, Study Finds
August 17, 2009 Vendor research compares government and survey data, finds nonproductivity is costing businesses more than $1 trillion annually

CMS Watch: Enterprise Content Management Goes Mobile
August 17, 2009 ECM Report 2009 evaluates 28 vendors, notes trend of bringing ECM to where people work

OfficeMax Taps ParAccel Database
August 10, 2009 Retailer says Analytic Database demonstrated 20x performance improvement over legacy data warehouse environment

Aberdeen: Top Small to Midsized Businesses Leverage BI
August 10, 2009 Leading SMBs are developing a tailored approach to BI that can drive analytical capability to more users

Consumers Wary of Data Ethics
August 3, 2009 Vendor-conducted study finds public willing to share information selectively but unsure of terms of use

Open Source Finding Mainstream Adoption
August 3, 2009 IDC sees a boost from the current economic crisis, enterprise buyer acceptance

Financial Services Data Quality Needs Improvement
July 27, 2009 Sponsored study shows that while awareness is growing, data quality has yet to be accepted as a corporate asset by 37 percent...

Mid-Market BI Release Adds Twitter, Web Integration
July 27, 2009 Ei Dynamics 4.0 incorporates emerging technologies; accessing data over Web services and monitoring data hosted within a...

Gartner: CRM Market Showing Growth
July 21, 2009 SaaS technology accounts for 20 percent of the market, SAP still on top, Microsoft beginning to impact wider market

CA’ s New Solution Manages ARRA Grants
July 20, 2009 Transparent auditing and reporting via software as a service apps; Gartner says project/portfolio tools emerging as superior...

Mobile County, Alabama Adopts IBM Analytics for Stimulus Reporting
July 13, 2009 “Smart system” will identify at-risk students, help comply with The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Midsized Companies Focused on IT-Based Recovery
July 6, 2009 IBM’s latest study shows that despite the need to cut costs, companies have not been deterred from strategic IT planning

Green IT is the Upside of a Down Economy
July 6, 2009 Datamonitor’s research reveals that now is the time for green IT investment based on cost justification

Dashboards from MicroStrategy Go Mobile
July 1, 2009 Report availability on the e-book reader Amazon Kindle DX marks yet another information touch point in the pervasive BI...

Gartner Predictions For 2009
June 29, 2009 Cloud computing, economic recovery and social networking top the lists of strategic planning predictions from the research firm

Oracle Real-Time Decisions Upgrade
June 29, 2009 Product enhancements to improve closed-loop decision engine and streamline integration

New IBM Tivoli Identity Manager
June 25, 2009 Security software helps organizations manage user access to systems and information

Sales Apps Need to Grow Up
June 23, 2009 Ventana Research's Benchmark Research Report says sales performance applications are underutilized

Talend Integration Suite RTX
June 22, 2009 Real-time information synchronization across systems improves customer service and accuracy

Expedia Implements Neptuny Caplan
June 15, 2009 Models and reports through Web interface for capacity planning at online travel provider

Educational Center for Informatics
June 10, 2009 Northern Kentucky University building $55M facility for information-related commerce, business opportunities

Customer Feedback Analysis
June 8, 2009 Sage North America automates analysis categorization of verbatim customer survey responses with Clarabridge software

Recession Impacting Enterprise Storage Systems
June 8, 2009 Market research firm IDC reports while disk storage system total revenues declined, overall storage capacity shipped grew

New Cloud Services from CSC
June 4, 2009 Services and consulting provider manages complete ecosystems of secure cloud service providers