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Informatica and IBM MDM vendor acquisitions put MDM in the spotlight

Jeff Kelly — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:31 EST

With two major acquisitions and the release of the first open source master data management (MDM) platform, MDM technology may be primed for a resurgence.

Oracle's data warehouse strategy unclear after Sun acquisition

Jeff Kelly — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:22:40 EST

With its acquisition of Sun Microsystems complete, Oracle faces a slew of questions regarding its data warehouse strategy.

Mega-vendors dominate Gartner's 2010 BI, data warehouse Magic Quadrants

Jeff Kelly — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:50:12 EST

IT heavyweights like Oracle, IBM and Microsoft continue to control large segments of the business intelligence (BI) software and data warehouse markets, according to Gartner's Magic Quadrant reports.

Oracle-Sun competitors believe they can ?stack? up

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:21:42 EST

Oracle?s integrated stack strategy failed to impress Oracle-Sun competitors IBM and SAP. Both believe it is an approach users will not go for.

IBM to acquire MDM vendor Initiate Systems

Jeff Kelly — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:18:37 EST

IBM said today it plans to acquire Initiate Systems, one of the few remaining independent master data management vendors.

XBRL financial reporting a hard sell; new GRC XBRL taxonomy on the way

Jacqueline Biscobing — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:42:44 EST

Early adopters of XBRL say the benefits for electronic financial reporting are many, but companies remain leery of investing resources until they see practical benefits.

Gartner Magic Quadrant: CPM software split between 'integrators' and 'innovators'

Jeff Kelly — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:57:14 EST

Find out why Gartner says that innovation in corporate performance management (CPM) – a market dominated by mega-vendors -- is being led by best-of-breed vendors.

Informatica acquires master data management vendor Siperian

Jeff Kelly — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:38 EST

Informatica has acquired master data management (MDM) pure-play Siperian, as the data integration vendor looks to fill out its data management stack.

Netezza's latest data warehouse appliance can still lead to data silos

Jeff Kelly — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:21:17 EST

Netezza is touting its new data warehouse appliance, called Skimmer, as ideal for departmental deployments. But users must still guard against data silos, analysts warn.

CPM software adoption still low despite financial planning benefits

Jeff Kelly — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:32:07 EST

Most companies continue to use Excel spreadsheets and manual processes over CPM software for financial planning, forecasting and budgeting.