If finding the information you need across BI systems and departmental silos to make business decisions is like looking for a needle in a haystack, then enterprise search is the new metal detector
Business performance management (BPM) is the next big thing. It's sort of what BI is growing up to become, says Howard Dresner, chief strategy officer at Hyperion Solutions Corp.
A U.S. accounting law that forces companies to have more transparent and responsible accounting practices will also be affecting Canadian companies, and the onus will not only be on the business, but on IT to provide the means for compliance.
An updated version of the XML (Extensible Markup Language) specification for Analysis (XMLA) is available, Microsoft Corp., Hyperion Solutions Corp., and SAS Institute Inc. said Thursday.