Nucleus Research rates BI vendors
An independent survey by Nucleus Research of the business intelligence (BI) market shows BusinessObjects XI provides greatest value for end users.
According to a report by CRM Today, Nucleus Research rated BI products on their ability to deliver a positive return on investment by comparing how easily and quickly solutions could be deployed and other factors such as usability, support costs, business benefits and vendor track record.
Although BusinessObjects XI did not achieve a perfect score, it led the pack followed by Cognos and Hyperion in joint second place. The survey also found that customers are seeking vendors that can provide guidance on how BI can fit specific business requirements and BI vendors will soon extend their suites with greater vertical capabilities and richer visualisation tools.
SAS says telcos need BI
Telecommunications companies (telcos) may not be reaping the full potential of revenues and profits from third-generation (3G) services, according to BI services provider SAS Malaysia.
A TMC Net report says industry estimates indicate that up to 15% of revenues are being lost due to the complexity of the revenue recognition chain. SAS Malaysia says BI can give telcos the power to know how charges are calculated, how transaction information is captured and delivered to the billing system, and how the billing system processes it.
The report says SAS was recently ranked by prominent analyst firms such as Gartner, IDC and Frost & Sullivan as the number one BI vendor in Asia-Pacific.
FBI beefs up IT services
The FBI says although its data warehousing has been successful, it needs data engineers to improve enterprise extraction, translation and loading (ETL) processes as well as plan and model legacy databases for federated search.
The recruitment of data engineers is part of a general drive by the FBI for new technology professionals to strengthen systems engineering and integrate new services-oriented architecture, reports Information Week.
The agency says IT professionals are critical in support of the bureau`s mission to protect the US against terrorism, foreign intelligence, criminal enterprise and cyber attacks. Its goal is to get people in at the inception of new systems that will be built and deployed in 2006.
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