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Solid Gold: BI, PM Revenues Set to Surge

If you've ever wondered just what's behind the respective business intelligence power plays of HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP, you needn't wonder any longer. According to market watcher AMR Research, the BI and performance management market segments together constitute an enormous revenue generating opportunity for would-be players, with a total value that could approach $24 billion in North America alone. [more]

DataFlux Accelerates Customer Data Integration

DataFlux recently announced a Customer Data Analysis accelerator designed to augment its Customer Data Integration platform. The upshot, analysts say, is that in addition to its best-of-breed data quality platform, DataFlux is slowly cobbling together a formidable customer data integration (CDI) stack, too. Its CDA accelerator will ship sometime this month, and several other accelerators—including offerings designed to address product data quality and watch-list compliance requirements—are slated to debut later this year. Once they do, DataFlux could have more than a little to crow about. [more]

RSI: BI's Best Kept Secret?

When it comes to ETL, performance management (PM), and a host of other technology buzzwords, Relational Solutions Inc. (RSI) might be the best kept secret in the BI industry. With a dozen years of experience under its belt, a full-fledged ETL tool (complete with a point-and-click, drag-and-drop, .NET-based ETL design studio), and a new Macromedia Flash-powered PM product in the offing, RSI seems primed for success. Eventually. [more]

TDWI Webinar: Developing a Data Warehouse Strategy

Defining and executing a data warehouse strategy is critical for ensuring success; and that's especially key in light of the financial investment required to build and maintain such a system. Register for this TDWI Webinar to hear Jonathan Geiger outline key components of a data warehouse strategy, how to develop guiding principles, and how to establish a governance structure. [more]

Conference Preview: Master Data Management Symposium

When applied on an enterprise scale, master data management provides a single, global view of a business entity (like customer, product, or financials)—a view that is more complete, accurate, up- to-date, and standardized than that of individual applications. Immerse yourself in a full-day symposium on MDM at TDWI's World Conference in Boston, on Tuesday, May 15. Click here for more information. [more]

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