Cognos Enters the World Of Operational BI and Performance Management

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Earlier today, Cognos announced that they had acquired operational BI and performance management vendor Celequest in a non-disclosed deal. This is the first of the large independent BI vendors to step into the world of Business Activity Monitoring and Operational Performance Management. All I can say is that it is about time! This acquisition may […]

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Enterprise Information Integration Products to Watch

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This blog entry is co-authored by Mike Ferguson and William McKnight (link) and is being cross-posted on our blogs. Many questions arise about what vendors supply solutions in the market place for enterprise information integration (EII). There are two main types of EII vendors in the marketplace: Model driven federated query EII vendors ETL tool […]

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When Not to Use Enterprise Information Integration

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This blog entry is co-authored by Mike Ferguson and William McKnight (link) and is being cross-posted on our blogs. Much discussion abounds about when not to use enterprise information integration (EII). This blog looks at some situations that are not particularly well-suited to the use of EII technology as a solution. Please note that these […]

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When to Use Enterprise Information Integration

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This blog entry is co-authored by Mike Ferguson and William McKnight (link) and is being cross-posted on our blogs. This is the first in a series of entries on Enterprise Information Integration (EII). EII is gaining traction for enabling data integration without the need for the physical instantiation of the integration. In other words, EII […]

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BI and Performance Management Trends for 2007

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Greetings all. I hope you have had a good holiday and I wish you all well for 2007. Given that it is this time of year I thought I would add some thoughts on trends in 2007 in the areas of business intelligence and performance management. So here goes! Performance Management Business Intelligence Well, that’s […]

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