The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for April 9
April 9, 2009
Companies mentioned in the April 9 newsletter: SAP, TruEffect, Webtrends,Specific Media, Aster, Alterian, Aberdeen Group, SQLstream, Pentaho, SQL Power, Clario Analytics, Decision Intelligence, OTX, Panorama Software, KnowledgeMiner Software, iStore, PivotLink, Google, Johnston McLamb, MicroStrategy, Emanio and Business Intelligence.
Five Minutes of News: Star Analytics’ Finance Command Center
April 8, 2009
Tom Tortolani, the Vice President of Products for Star Analytics, tells the IT-Finance Connection that its new platform provides Finance and IT with a way to centralize and automate data processes and work flows across multivendor financial and BI platforms.
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for April 7
April 7, 2009
Companies mentioned in the April 7 newsletter: QlikTech, Optaumum, Cloud Analytics, youcalc, Salesforce.com, Google, Enterprise Analytics, AristaCare, Amazon, Sybase, Kelkoo, Cora, Primescape, HP, Star Analytics, Innovation Group, InetSoft and DecipherTech.
Podcast: The Converging Worlds of BI and SaaS
April 7, 2009
The strengths of software-as-a-service and platforms-as-a-service make them a good fit for business intelligence applications, says Jeff Kaplan, the Principal Analyst for THINKstrategies. In a podcast, Kaplan tells The IT-Finance Connection that SaaS/PaaS enable easier deployments and are especially helpful as businesses become increasingly dispersed and mobile.
Views on the News: BICCs, BI Pervasiveness, Gartner — and Alexander the Great
April 6, 2009
The IT-Finance Connection periodically looks around the Internet for stories and commentaries that will interest BI professionals. This time, we’ve found interesting articles at The BeyeNETWORK, KMWorld, Express Computer and Seeking Alpha. The only threat between the commentaries is that the BI industry is vibrant, continually changing — and that competitive advantages are available for the organizations with the initiative to look for them.
Five Minutes of News: Pervasive’s DataRush Platform Available
April 2, 2009
Michael Bryars, Pervasive’s General Manager for the DataRush line, tells The IT-Finance Connection that the software platform uses sophisticated parallel processing techniques to meet the challenges posed by increasing dense multicore processors and rapidly exploding amounts of data.
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for April 2
April 2, 2009
Companies mentioned in the April 2 newsletter: Analytix on Demand, Pervasive Software, Standard & Poor’s, EagleEye Analytics, WANTED Technologies, Spring Air, QlikTech, Platform-A, IRI, Temenos, Connective Solutions, Business Intelligence, iRise, Music Choice, SAS, BizNet, Sage, Guardian Analytics, LexisNexis, Core Services, Oracle, ERP-Link and SAP.
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for March 31
April 1, 2009
Companies mentioned in the current newsletter: Information Resources, IRI, Hy-Vee, SAS, Morningstar, Symantec, TransVault Software, Infinata, Ci&T, BI-One, Precision Infomatic, MAIA Intelligence, Pervasive Software, Vhayu Technologies, Varsity Logistics, Xignite, FICO, Oracle, GP Batteries, IBM, TelStrat and MTV.




