Microsoft Plays Where’s Waldo? With BI – Good Idea
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 […]
News Analysis: Biz360 Acquisition Signals Attensity Group’s Move Into Social CRM
eService Meets Social Media Monitoring, A Natural Evolution To SCRM
On April 28th, Attensity Group, an eService and semantic analytics provider announced its acquisition of Biz360, a social media monitoring (SMM) and community platform player. Conversations with Attensity’s CMO, Michelle DeHaaf, highlight the importance of listening platforms in Attensity’s overall social CRM (customer relationship management) and […]
Oracle Launches a New Approach to Supplier Management (Part 1)
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 […]
IBM Takes the CDI/EMPI Initiative with its Initiate Acquisition
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 […]
News Analysis: IBM Acquires MDM Leader Initiate Systems For Public Sector and Healthcare Prowess
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 […]
News Analysis: Siperian Acquisition Vaults Informatica Into An MDM Leadership Position
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 […]
CRM Watchlist 2010 – Part IIB
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 […]
Tuesday’s Tip: 10 Cloud and SaaS Apps Strategies For 2010
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 […]
The Top 10 Trends for 2010 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management
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 […]
Eight Reasons Why Data-Centricity Is The Future Of Business
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 […]
