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Decoding BI Market Share Numbers – Play Sudoku With Analysts

Decoding BI Market Share Numbers – Play Sudoku With Analysts

By Merv Adrian on July 21, 2010

In a recent post I discussed Oracle’s market share in BI, based on a press-published chart taken from IDC data – showing Oracle coming in second. As often happens in such discussions, I got quite a few direct emails and twitter messages – some in no uncertain terms – about why the particular metric I […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analyst relations, analytics, BI, business intelligence, data integration, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Dataquest, enterprise performance management, Explorer, gartner, hyperion, ibm, idc, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, OBIEE, OLAP, oracle, performance management, Research Industry, sap, SAS, technology research, Vendor image and communications | 5 Responses

Oracle’s High BI Bar: Managed, Multifaceted and Actionable

Oracle’s High BI Bar: Managed, Multifaceted and Actionable

By Merv Adrian on July 14, 2010

Oracle’s newest BI release is massive, spans multiple product categories, and raises the bar for competitors in dramatic fashion. In my prior post I focused on its rollout and competitive posture. The market has waited a long time as the reconciliation of many moving parts was accomplished – most notably the convergence of the Hyperion […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, BAO, BI, business intelligence, Business Objects, Capgemini, cognos, csc, data integration, Essbase, Forrester, gartner, Goldengate, hyperion, HyperRoll, ibm, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, MOLAP, OBIEE, OLAP, oracle, predictive analytics, ROLAP, sap, SAS, Sybase, TimesTen, TM1, ULA

Oracle Sets Sights on BI Leadership. Has it Picked the Right Target?

Oracle Sets Sights on BI Leadership. Has it Picked the Right Target?

By Merv Adrian on July 13, 2010

Oracle is not first in BI, and wants to change that – that was the clear message of a well executed, multi-site “real plus virtual” event with top executives showing off the result of a multi-year effort to rationalize and integrate a set of leading but overlapping components into a seamless suite. Oracle Business Intelligence […]

Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, BAO, BI, business intelligence, Business Objects, data integration, Data Warehousing, Essbase, Forrester, gartner, Goldengate, HyperRoll, ibm, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, MOLAP, OBIEE, OLAP, oracle, predictive analytics, Research Industry, ROLAP, sap, SAS, Software infrastructure, software licensing, Sybase, TimesTen, TM1, ULA, Vendor image and communications

Microsoft Plays Where’s Waldo? With BI – Good Idea

Microsoft Plays Where’s Waldo? With BI – Good Idea

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

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