IBM Announces Plans for Worldwide Network of Analytics Solution Centers: Apr 29, 2009 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) — IBM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Information technology company IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced on Tuesday (28 April) an expansion of its capabilities around business analytics with plans to open a network of Analytics Solution Centers around the world, beginning with five in Q2 2009. IBM said the centres will enable it to meet client demand for advanced analytics capabilities as part of new, smarter business systems. Much of this demand is driven by new stimulus investments around the world in areas such as financial risk management, smart grids, electronic medical records and food tracking. The clients are embedding new sensor technology into their processes in order to gather better performance and management data. Organisations are then utilising new analytics capabilities to turn that data into predictive intelligence to help run new digital infrastructures more effectively. Read More…

SAS Enterprise Miner Unrivaled in Data Mining: CARY, NC . - In a comparative study on 12 data mining solutions, analyst and consulting company mayato ranked SAS Enterprise Miner tops for quality. During evaluation, SAS Enterprise Miner generated the best model quality and delivered the best analysis results. Large data volumes that were problematic for competing solutions were processed quickly and effectively by SAS. Mayato´s overall assessment underscores SAS’ leadership position in analytics - clearly ahead of products and solutions from Oracle, Microsoft and SAP. Read More…

Sybase Analytic Appliance SearchDataManagement.Com ‘Product of the Year’: DUBLIN, CALIF. - April 27, 2009 - Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the largest enterprise software and services company exclusively focused on managing and mobilizing information, today announced that the Sybase Analytic Appliance was named one of SearchDataManagement.com’s ‘Products of the Year’ in the Data Warehousing category. The awards were judged by a team of industry analysts and consultants and were presented by SearchDataManagement.com editorial staff. Read More…

Buddy Media Selects Aster Data Systems: San Carlos, CA - April 28, 2009 - Aster Data Systems, a proven leader in high-performance database systems for data warehousing, today announced that Buddy Media, the leading media company for social media strategies and branded app-vertisements, has selected the Aster nCluster database to provide deeper insight into consumer behavior on branded social media applications. Buddy Media will use Aster nCluster in the cloud (on Amazon EC2) to add data analysis power (storing, managing and rapidly analyzing massive volumes of data) to their current BuddyBrain measurement system to monitor and optimize branded social applications and social media campaigns for their clients. Read More…

Good Data Raises $2.5 Million in Venture Financing: Good Data today announced that it has closed its first institutional round of funding with $2.5 million in venture financing led by General Catalyst Partners, with participation from O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Windcrest Partners, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. This brings the total raised to date to $4.6 million. The financing will enable the company to complete development of the Good Data platform and validate the market opportunity in advance of a commercial launch. “The world needs Good Data,” said Marc Andreessen. “Their simple, low cost approach goes a long way to making analytics available to everyone.” Read More…

Research and Markets: BI and Enterprise Search to Ride Out the Recession: Dublin, Apr 28, 2009–The global recession will further compound business problems in 2009. It is believed that this is the right time for customers to derive value out of existing investments, capitalizing on the convergence between business intelligence (BI) and enterprise search and retrieval (ESR). This report focuses on converging BI and ESR technologies and highlights growth opportunities and user needs. Read More…

PeopleCube’s Workplace BI Helps Manage Current and Future Real-Estate Needs: DALLAS, TX-CoreNet Global Summit-April 27, 2009-PeopleCube, provider of intelligent workplace, resource, and energy management technology, today announced Workplace BI, the industry’s first business intelligence tool that enables organizations to effectively monitor, measure, and manage utilization of real estate to maximize value and reduce overhead. Workplace BI enables organizations to gain an accurate view of both current and future real-estate needs, potentially enabling corporations to save in direct operating costs within their real-estate portfolio. Read More…

Diageo Enhances Perfect Plant Program with Informance: NORTHBROOK, IL - Informance International, a leader in manufacturing business intelligence and enterprise manufacturing intelligence solutions announces that Diageo, the world’s leading premium drink business, now looks to Informance to drive manufacturing performance in their U.S. plant facilities in Relay, Maryland and Plainfield, Illinois. The global spirits, wine and beer company leverages Informance solutions and advisory services to support their Perfect Plant Program with elements for the operating system foundation. With Informance, Diageo plants in Maryland and Illinois have real-time actionable intelligence for transparency of performance and consistent communication and transparency of status. Read More…

Blink Logic Broadens Offering with Fully Integrated Report Writer: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blink Logic Inc., (OTCBB: BLKL), the innovation leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) Business Intelligence (BI) announced today that it has added a fully integrated report writer to its platform, enabling customers to create reports that clearly highlight the things they need to focus on to make better, faster, more informed decisions. With the new writer, reports can be generated as PDF, Excel and Word documents, allowing customers to select the format that is most familiar, and thus most useful to them. Read More…

Accellos Announces Acellos One Pulse: Colorado Springs, Colorado (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 29, 2009 — Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, today announced Accellos One Pulse, a supply chain intelligence solution aimed at increasing the availability and visibility of a business’ key performance indicators. “Our customers told us that they wanted real-time access to important metrics that would enable them to manage their businesses more effectively,” said Ross Elliott, Accellos’ CTO. “We designed Pulse to provide them with a prebuilt set of KPIs with the ability to extend and enhance the metrics to meet each customer’s unique requirements.” Read More…

Wolters Kluwer Health, QlikTech, Netezza Work Together: RADNOR, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–QlikTech, the world’s fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) software company, today announced Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading information provider for the pharmaceutical industry, has chosen to deploy a new product application leveraging QlikView for Information Providers and the Netezza data warehouse appliance. The combined solution offers brand managers and other executives quick access to key market data and customized dashboards more cost effectively and quickly than other solutions. Read More…

The Rainmaker Group Announces Expanded Data Sharing Service for Retailers: Akron, OH (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 — The Rainmaker Group announced today the expansion of a point-of-sale (POS) data sharing and analysis service for retailers. Many retailers provide vendors with POS data using methods that include spreadsheets, EDI 852, or a web site where the data can be downloaded. However, retailers often find these methods do not deliver the desired performance improvements because vendors are not well equipped to turn raw data into actionable reports. Read More…

QlikTech Deploys Salesforce CRM: LONDON, April 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced that QlikTech, the world’s fastest-growing Business Intelligence (BI) company, is using Salesforce CRM for a real-time view of its customer and partner relationships. Salesforce CRM has delivered major operational improvements to enable QlikTech to scale with its rapidly growing workforce. With annual year-on-year growth of more than 50 percent, QlikTech has found Salesforce CRM to be a flexible, powerful solution that meets the changing needs of a fast-moving organization. Read More…

New Release of Ingres Icebreaker Business Intelligence Appliance Available: REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of The New Economics of IT, announced today the latest release of the Ingres Icebreaker Business Intelligence (BI) Appliance powered by Jaspersoft. The updated version, another solution for the New Economics of IT, makes it the first business intelligence appliance on the market to be integrated with Salesforce CRM for simple and less expensive access to sales data. It also takes advantage of the latest BI features found in the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite and the recently released Ingres Database. To download the latest version, please go to http://esd.ingres.com. Read More…

GrapeCity-Data: New ActiveReports/BI Suite for .NET and Pricing for BI Products: ArticleData Dynamics, now part of GrapeCity, the world’s largest component developer, today announced the launch of its new ActiveReports Reporting/BI Suite for .NET. This suite allows customers to get all three reporting and business intelligence products-ActiveReports Professional for .NET, Data Dynamics Reports, and Data Dynamics Analysis-in one convenient bundle, at one great price. The company also announced new pricing for its Data Dynamics Reports and Data Dynamics Analysis products, as well as new pricing for its ActiveBI Suite for .NET. Read More…

Carrefour Opts for Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse: Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, announced today that Carrefour, the largest European retailer, is expanding its Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse environment to support business analytics within its marketing department. Teradata’s solutions enable the control of marketing activities for over 14 million households, more than half of all French households, and offer Carrefour a 360-degree real-time view of its customers across multiple customer contact channels, most notably its brands, hypermarket and supermarket retail stores. Notably, Carrefour currently has the largest customer behaviour database in France in terms of information management capacity and customer data history. Read More…