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S'pore banks get help in lending decisions
News Country's consumer credit bureau taps on business intelligence tools to enable financial institution members to perform timely creditworthiness checks online.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Banking, Commercial lending, Bureau, Risk Management, Business Objects, Financial Company, Singapore, credit history
BI paves the way for ERP
News Business intelligence adoption provides SAP an inroad to sell its main enterprise resource planning product to companies in Asia-Pacific region, says executive.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAP AG, Asia, Business Objects, Asia-Pacific, Gartner Inc., ERP, Japan, CIO
SAP's acquisition makes some sense
News The combination of SAP and Business Objects spells benefits and pitfalls, and could help bring business intelligence to the masses, industry analysts say.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Acquisitions
Business intelligence has downturn upturn
News Worldwide revenue for technology related to business intelligence, analytics applications and performance management grew 22 percent in 2008 to over US$8.8 billion, says Gartner.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, IT budgeting, SAP AG, Business Objects, Gartner Inc., research analyst, business intelligence, analytics, revenue, analyst
SAS preps cloud computing facility
News SAS is planning a US$70 million cloud computing facility in the United States as it expands its on-demand products.
Tags: Cloud computing, SAS Institute, SAP AG, Business Objects, Cloud Computing Facility, business intelligence system, On-demand, software-as-a-service business-intelligence, Cloud computing, business intelligence
SAP posts healthy results, but will shed 3,000 jobs
News Despite a good year and healthy fourth quarter, the German software company plans to cut staff in the tough economic climate.
Tags: Layoffs, Business applications, SAP AG, Business Objects, software company, Gartner Inc., business intelligence, software, job, Oracle Corp.
SAP's business user org to move to Business Objects
News SAP's business user organization, which is responsible for information worker and organizational performance applications, will be moved over to Business Objects.
Tags: HR policies and procedures, Personnel management, Organizational structure
Business Objects plans 2-for-1 stock split
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SAP plans to acquire Business Objects
News SAP announces it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than US$6.8 billion.
Tags: Acquisitions
Business Objects offers BI for the mid-range
News Company hopes to find a market among mid-range companies for sophisticated business intelligence tools.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, SMB
Actuate adopts open-source approach to BI
News The Eclipse BIRT project founder is stepping up its presence in the business-intelligence software market with an open-source business model.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications
SAP brings hosted ERP to Asia
News The company brings its Business ByDesign product to Singapore, the second Asian country besides China.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SMB
SAP to acquire YASU Technologies
News The company is snapping up Indian business rules management system software company, YASU Technologies.
Tags: Acquisitions
Satyam forms BI alliance with Oracle
News New partnership between Indian IT services company and Oracle aim to spur adoption of business intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence
MicroStrategy takes aim at competition
News The business intelligence software vendor launches initiatives to lure customers and employees of competitors in the midst of being acquired.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Acquisitions
