By Merv Adrian on June 10, 2010
In April, I was critical of the BI messaging I heard from Microsoft – as told, it was long on benefit adjectives and short on architectural clarity. But things have changed since then, and the Combined Tech Ed/Business Intelligence Conference made that very clear. Do I see more clarity because I now know more of […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Azure, BI, BIDS, BizTalk, business intelligence, Business Intelligence Development Studio, Data mining, DMX, drm, excel, Forefront, ibm, Industry Trends, IT, master data management, master data services, MDS, microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Silverlight, Office, OLAP, oracle, Performance Point, PMML, predictive analytics, Reporting Services, SAP BW, SAS, sharepoint, silverlight, spss, SQL Server, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, T-SQL, Teradata, TSQL, Windows Server
By Jason Busch on April 27, 2010
At ISM this week, Oracle officially launched its new Supplier Lifecycle Management and Supplier Hub solutions. These products, built on Oracle’s Master Data Management suite, officially went GA in December of last year (yet are not able to be referenced at this point). While both solutions appear similar to other supplier information management tools on […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, data integration, ibm, ISM, master data management, oracle, Oracle Supplier Hub, supplier information management, supply chain
By Jason Busch on February 3, 2010
Earlier today, IBM announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a provider of customer data integration (CDI) and enterprise master patient index (EMPI) technology. According to the company press release, IBM describes Initiate as “a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Initiate’s software […]
Posted in Business | Tagged cdi, customer data integration, EMPI, ibm, master data management, oracle, Purisma, siebel, Silver Creek, Spend Management, supply chain, supply risk, Visibility
By R "Ray" Wang on February 3, 2010
IBM Adds A Leading Customer Data Integration/MDM Pioneer To Its Master Information Management Arsenal With arguably 10 master information management acquisitions since 2003, IBM continues to push towards its goal of adaptive master data management (MDM) (see Figure 1). The recent acquisition of Initiate Systems comes after the heals of Oracle’s purchase of SilverCreek Systems […]
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, Ascential Systems, Bill Conroy, cdi, CrossAccess, customer data integration, data integration, data quality, Datactics, dbMotion, DI, DQ, DWL, EII, EMC, Enterprise apps strategy, Healthvision, hp, ibm, ibm software group, information management, initiate systems, Kalido, LAS, Lombardi, master data management, mdm, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, News Analysis, oracle, PIM, product information management, Raytheon, sap, SRD, Talend, Trigo, Unicorn, Venetica, Visionware
By R "Ray" Wang on February 1, 2010
Informatica Enters The Battle For Master Data Management Dominance As with any best of breed market, only a few will survive and even fewer will succeed. Despite a leading offering, Siperian’s faced a rocky financial situation over the past 12 months. Many suitors pursued Siperian but in the end Informatica’s $130M acquisition of Siperian took […]
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, AddressDoctor, Applimation, Cloud, data integration, data quality, DI, DQ, EMC, Enterprise apps strategy, hp, ibm, Identity Systems, Informatica, Itemfield, Ivan Chong, master data management, mdm, mergers, microsoft, News Analysis, oracle, sap, Similarity Systems, Siperian, Social CRM, user strategy, vendor strategy |
By Paul Greenberg on January 6, 2010
This thing is so big that I have to split the posts. You saw my choices on Monday in Part IIA, now here’s the rest of them – Cognizant, Eloqua, Sword-Ciboodle, SAS, SugarCRM, Helpstream and Aplicor. Any others you would suggest? Why? Cognizant This is one of my most out-of-place and yet most appropriate picks […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Aplicor, cognizant, CRM, Eloqua, Helpstream, ibm, Industry Analysis, marketing, Marketo, master data management, SAS, Social CRM, sugarcrm, Sword-Ciboodle, Thought Leadership, Unica, Web 2.0, zoho
By R "Ray" Wang on December 22, 2009
Keep In Mind Basic Rules Still Apply Regardless Of Deployment Option
The proliferation of SaaS solutions provides organizations with a myriad of sorely needed point and disruptive solutions. Good news – business users can rapidly procure and deploy, while innovating with minimal budget and IT team constraints. Bad news – users must depend more on their […]
Posted in Business | Tagged 2010, Apps Strategy, archiving, best of breed, boomi, Business process, business process transformation, business requirements, CastIron, Cloud Computing, customer bill of rights, customer data integration, data governance, data integration, disruptive, disruptive technologies, EMC, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, Epicor, Epicor 9, erp, EscrowTech, google, Google Apps Engine, hybrid, ibm, IBM Blue Cloud, IBM Optim, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Informatica, InnovaSafe, innovation, integration, iron mountain, Lawson, Lawson Software, line of business, market strategy, market trends, master data management, mdm, Microsoft Azure, NCC Group, netsuite, OpSource, oracle, PaaS, pervasive, Pervasive Software, Platform as a service, RainStor, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS escrow, SaaS Integration, SaaS strategies, salesforce.com, sap, SnapLogic, software as a service, software bill of rights, software escrow, Storage, Tuesday's Tip, User Experience, workday, zoho |
By Nenshad Bardoliwalla on December 1, 2009
In the wake of the long-running massive industry consolidation in the Enterprise Software industry that reached its zenith with the acquisitions of Business Intelligence market leaders Hyperion, Cognos, and Business Objects in 2007, one could certainly have been forgiven for being less than optimistic about the prospects of innovation in the Analytics, Business Intelligence, and […]
Posted in Business | Tagged 2010 predictions, analytics, business intelligence, Business Objects, cognos, Enterprise resource planning, excel, hadoop, hyperion, ibm, mashups, master data management, ms excel, performance management, predictive analysis, SaaS, salesforce.com, sharepoint, spss, varicent, virtualization, workday |
By Dion Hinchcliffe on November 23, 2009
The data that our businesses own has become the name of the game when it comes to what ultimately lies at the core of economic value today, now seemingly more than ever before. We appear to be entering the era of the knowledge economy, where most of what we do in business (about 50% of […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Crowdsourcing, data, data sharing, data-centricity, databases, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Computing, Industry Trends, information power, information sharing, integration, master data management, mdm, Open APIs, Open Business Models, open innovation, SOA, social computing, Web 2.0, web api |