Data & Analytics

Ottawa-based Cognos Inc., a business intelligence (BI) solutions developer, on Monday announced Cognos Metrics Manager, a tool that will allow enterprises to measure performance against business strategy.

Longtime partners Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. last week announced a US$50 million investment to promote, sell and help users build systems that rely on Microsoft's .Net development framework.

SAS Institute Inc. is set to unveil a new Windows client application next week with an interface designed to allow companies to rapidly deploy analytics across the enterprise using existing platforms and data sources.

Microsoft Corp. has announced an application platform that will let corporations use the SQL Server 2000 database as a foundation for creating notification services for wired and wireless users.

MicroStrategy Inc. recetly unveiled a new version of its Business Intelligence platform designed specifically to help companies meet the growing demand for transparent financial tracking and reporting to meet new government mandates.

Microsoft Corp. has announced an application platform that will let corporations use the SQL Server 2000 database as a foundation for creating notification services for wired and wireless users.

Siebel Systems Inc. will ship the latest version of its customer relationship management (CRM) eBusiness applications globally in the fourth quarter, the company announced Wednesday.

Online CRM and portal software vendor Art Technology Group Inc. is embedding features such as analytics, search and content publishing into its portal and commerce products, eliminating the need for customers to integrate these capabilities themselves.