Business Objects to support native OLAP access to SAP BW

Business Objects is to support native access to data in SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and, to this end, has become an early tester of a new SAP interface. [Local rep: USKO Software]

Business Objects, DMLSS honoured by DM Review Magazine

Business Objects and its customer, Defense Medical Logistics (DMLSS), have been awarded DM Review`s 1998 World Class Solution Award for Data Warehousing in the area of query, reporting and online analytical processing.

Business Intelligence vendors forced to reconsider strategy in attempt to parallel Seagate Software`s EIM vision

Holos provides foundation for Coventry Building Society

Coventry Building Society, UK`s seventh largest building society, is using Seagate Holos to provide its executives with flexible, timely access to financial information.

Microsoft VBA integrated into BusinessObjects 5.0

Business Objects has announced that it will integrate Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) into BusinessObjects 5.0. [Local rep: USKO Software]

Cognos gives business intelligence to SME

Cognos has announced BISE 3.0 (Business Intelligence for the Small Enterprise), a solution which allows small- to mid-size companies to take advantage of PowerPlay and Impromptu to access, analyse and report warehouse data.

EDS chooses Cognos for business intelligence on SAP

EDS Enterprise Solutions` newly formed South African Business Intelligence Group and Cognos have partnered to address the decision support, online analytical processing (OLAP) and reporting needs of SAP R/3 environments.

Business Objects endorses Microsoft Data Warehouse Framework

Business Objects, as a member of Microsoft`s Data Warehouse Alliance, will support the new data warehousing technologies found in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 with the next major release of its full-client system for query, reporting and online analytical processing. [Local rep: USKO Software]

Dow Chemical receives "Best Practices" award

Cognos has announced that its customer, The Dow Chemical Company, was recognised by PC Week and the Technology Managers Forum International for its Cognos-based enterprise data warehouse solution, receiving the 'Best Practices' award in the return on investment category.

Cognos sells one-millionth business intelligence seat

Cognos, supplier of enterprise business intelligence solutions, says it has become the first business intelligence vendor to sell one million seats of a business intelligence product.

A healthy return on investment for the MX Group

Within two months of implementing BusinessObjects enterprise decision-support tools from USKO Software, the MX Group of healthcare companies is already realising a return on its investment.

Cognos to ship Impromptu Web Reports

Cognos, the strategic business intelligence vendor, has announced that Impromptu Web Reports, the managed reporting complement to Cognos` Impromptu product line, will be available later this month.

Business Objects joins MetaConnect Cooperative

Business Objects, provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, has joined Ardent Software`s MetaConnect Cooperative for enterprise metadata integration. Ardent`s new program enables data management tool users to share metadata throughout the data management environment. [Local rep: Usko Software]