BI harnesses Web 2.0

Jigsaw, a provider of business information and data services that leverage user-generated content contributed by its business-to-business community, has unveiled Research Tab, a free resource for an improved approach to investigating companies online, writes Information Today.

Research Tab is designed to equip individuals with automatic, detailed information. The resource harnesses the power of Web 2.0 tools, including RSS and social networking sites, to deliver relevant, aggregated BI.

In one view, individuals can gain instant access to a company's recent news and announcements, Web analytic details, job listings, financial information, maps and more.

Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks company, has revealed that best-in-class companies - those performing in the top 20% of all research survey respondents - achieve far greater deployment success with their BI implementations when it comes to serving mobile workers, reports Market Watch.

Moreover, 83% of best-in-class companies are able to deliver business information to mobile users within the same day that business events take place, compared to 57% of all others.

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Jaspersoft has updated its open source BI suite, reports Heise Online.

To improve the appearance of embedded charts, Version 3.1 includes a diagram template feature. Also new is an open interface that simplifies the integration of third-party visualisation tools.

Version 3.1 of the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite is certified for the enterprise version of Sun's GlassFish application server.