QlikTech Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Emerging Company of the Year: Based on its recent analysis of the Business Intelligence (BI) software and services market, Frost & Sullivan presents QlikTech International AB (QlikTech) with the 2009 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Emerging Company of the Year in recognition of its ability to help customers attain superior return on investment (ROI) through its innovative solution called QlikView. QlikView’s cutting-edge ability to deploy enterprise-wide business analytics at an affordable cost is truly praiseworthy. Companies are increasingly being challenged by complex business problems, diminishing margins, shortening product lifecycles and increasing product variation. These key challenges are driving them to look for a solution that can provide cost-effective pro-active actionable intelligence. Traditional BI vendors are finding it difficult to deliver innovative solutions that enable customers to experience quicker ROI. However, QlikTech has clearly differentiated itself from traditional online analytical processing (OLAP) tools by developing an innovative technology, Associative Query Language (AQL), which enables computation of extensive data sets on low-cost hardware. AQL does not require any pre-defined data structures and facilitates dynamic queries. Read More…

w Attensity Group Unites Three Software Companies: PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Three business intelligence and information management companies, Attensity Corporation, Empolis GmbH, and Living-e AG, today announced they have united to form the Attensity Group to deliver business user applications that generate value from unstructured data. The company offers a comprehensive family of applications built upon deep expertise in semantic language technologies. Empolis GmbH provides information management applications, while Living-e AG offers intelligent multi-channel communication and information management solutions. Attensity Corporation is known for its deep text analytics software for First Person Intelligence. The new Attensity Group will unify these complementary technologies that analyze, interpret and manage an enterprise’s mass of unstructured data to generate value and deliver easy-to-use business applications. These applications enable knowledge management professionals, business leaders, customer support personnel and customers to get relevant and actionable answers - fast. Read More…

Tango Management Consulting Announces Acquisition of InSite Analytics: DALLAS, TX, Apr 19, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Tango Management Consulting, LLC announced today the acquisition of InSite Analytics, the premier provider of Retail Market Optimization and Sales Forecasting Models. David Bunten, CEO of InSite Analytics, will join the practice as the Director of TMC’s Retail Analytics group. Previous to founding InSite, Bunten served in key roles at Equifax NDS (now part of Claritas), ESRI, Thompson Associates / MapInfo, and geoVue. A veteran corporate advisor with more than 15 years of experience in the retail analytics sector, Bunten will lead the Dallas-based company’s day-to-day operations of the Retail Analytics practice. Read More…

FoxMetrics Announces Availability of Web Analytics/Metrics Toolkit: Norcross, GA, April 19, 2009 –(PR.com)– Rawsoft, a very well-known software firm, today officially launched FoxMetrics web analytics and metrics toolkit. This toolkit has been designed to serve the needs of small to medium business websites. With the introduction of this new analytics toolkit, website owners can expect to gain more insight into the functioning and traffic results and sales that they get from their websites. This can ultimately contribute to the financial bottom line. Read More…

Infohrm Helps Clients Respond to a New Era of Talent Management: DC (PRWEB) April 18, 2009 — Infohrm, the global leader in workforce planning, reporting and analytics solutions, today announced the launch of a powerful analytics application that will significantly improve how organizations track, model, and manage the movement of internal talent. In today’s economy, most organizations are facing declining revenues, shrinking margins, dramatically reduced internal budgets, and, in many cases, significant reductions in their workforce. Business leaders need to address difficult challenges, from creating effective career-paths for high-potentials, to maximizing the flow of talent into critical roles and hard-to-fill leadership positions. Read More…

ISI Telemanagement Earns Product of the Year from Internet Telephony: ISI Telemanagement Solutions, a provider of comprehensive cost management solutions for voice, data, wireless and unified communications, has announced that Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC (News - Alert)) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has named it as a recipient of its 2008 Product of the Year Award. Officials at ISI (News - Alert) said that their Business Intelligence suite of products helps users compile and analyze data for non-traditional customer contact phones showing critical management information, including ring time, abandoned call and traffic analysis features. Read More…

Accelrys Receives Growth Strategy Leadership Award From Frost & Sullivan: SAN DIEGO, CA, Apr 20, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, today announced that the company received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award for the North American Scientific Business Intelligence (Sci-Bi) Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Market. The award is given to the company that has bolstered its position in the market during the base year and whose strategy and technological innovation will have a lasting impact on the market. Read More…

On-Demand BI Provider Chooses Solution From Jaspersoft and Infobright: SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ — MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 — Jaspersoft, provider of the world’s most widely used business intelligence (BI) software, and Infobright, the open source data warehousing company, today announced that Bi3 Solutions has chosen the companies’ joint BI project to build an end-to-end BI suite. The joint, open source project from Jaspersoft and Infobright, which includes BI, extract-transform-load (ETL) and data warehousing capabilities, was introduced today at the MySQL Conference and Expo. Read More…

Standard & Poor’s Now Includes VantageScore For the Analysis of Loans: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently announced that it has fully integrated VantageScore into LEVELS 6.6, Standard & Poor’s U.S. mortgage analytical model. VantageScore is the borrower credit score jointly developed by the three national credit reporting companies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). VantageScore was designed as a benchmark of borrower credit risk and likelihood of repayment. It is derived using a statistical method based on the borrower’s credit history and leverages the same algorithm across all three major credit reporting companies. Its scoring methodology provides lenders with a consistent interpretation of consumer credit files across all three major credit reporting companies and the ability to score a broad population. Read More…

New Infobright Release Boosts Performance up to 10X for Complex Queries: MySQL Conference & Expo 2009, SANTA CLARA, Calif. - April 20, 2009 - Infobright, the open source data warehousing company, today unveiled Infobright 3.1, the latest version of its award-winning data warehouse offering simplicity, ease of use and low total cost of ownership (TCO). The addition of the enhanced SQL Framework and support for the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) makes Infobright 3.1 appealing to a wider range of enterprises looking for the benefits of a feature-rich data warehouse without the high cost. Infobright has also announced the Simplified Scalability architecture, available during the fourth quarter of 2009, as an easy-to-manage alternative to other data warehouse approaches. Read More…

Butler Group: “Enterprises Need to Invest”: London, 21 April, 2009 - Today organisations are being ultra cautious in all areas of IT expenditure, and many might question the value of investing in Business Intelligence (BI) technology solutions. A new report by Europe’s leading IT research and advisory organisation, Butler Group, questions exactly how any enterprise intends to survive without it. The report entitled ‘Business Intelligence - Corporate Performance Management’ points to the important role that BI and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software play in illuminating and informing the business. Read More…

Omniture to Deliver Viral Video Measurement Via the Online Marketing Suite: OREM, Utah and Omniture Summit, LONDON - April 21, 2009 - Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR), a leading provider of online business optimization software, today announced that the newest version of Omniture SiteCatalyst allows marketers to now more effectively measure viral video across video sharing sites. SiteCatalyst is a key component of the Omniture Online Marketing Suite, an integrated portfolio of optimization applications for Visitor Acquisition, Conversion, Online Analytics and Multi-Channel Analytics. Read More…

SAS Appoints David Hughes as Vice President of Asia Pacific Operations: CARY, N.C. - (Business Wire) SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has named David Hughes as Vice President of Asia Pacific (AP) operations, reporting to Mikael Hagström, Executive Vice President of SAS International. In this role, Hughes will be responsible for managing SAS operations in AP, which include developing new business and implementing business practices that support SAS’ Pan-Asian and global initiatives. Read More…

Microsoft Takes BI Conference Biennial: CHICAGO, IL - April 20, 2009 - Microsoft is making its Business Intelligence (BI) Conference a biennial event and is recommending that BI architects, developers, and administrators attend the Professional Association for SQL Server’s PASS Summit Unite 2009 (http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/) this fall. Read More…