It’s complicated: Use Enterprise PPM to manage the complexity

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Info-Tech

Business simply doesn’t happen in a perfect, orderly, predictable way. People need the right tools to manage all the complexity. IT is expected to keep tabs on hundreds, even thousands, of projects happening at any given instant – to provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, Governance, News & Analysis, What's New in Research | Tagged application management, Artemis, Changepoint, Compuware, enterprise ppm, enterprise project portfolio management, eppm, Instantis, microsoft, Microsoft Project Server, Oracle, Planisware, Planview, PowerSteering, ppm, Primavera, product development, professional services automation, project, project manager, project planning, project portfolio management, project prioritization, project reporting, project-management, psa, resource management | Comments Off

 

 

Avoid Roadblocks and Deliver Business Intelligence to the Masses

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Info-Tech

When the term Business Intelligence (BI) was first coined in the late 1950s, the concept was intended to endorse the use of data in strategic business decision making. Vendors had difficulty promoting this idea as many corporations believed BI to … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, News & Analysis, What's New in Research | Tagged analytics, BICC, Birst, Business Objects, business-intelligence, cognos, Cognos Express, data analysis, data-integration, data-management, data-quality, data-warehouse, excel, Hyperion, ibm, in-memory, Information Builders, iReport, Jaspersoft, Logi 10, LogiXML, master-data-management, mdm, microsoft, mobile-bi, Oracle, Oracle Hyperion, Pivot Link, Qlikview, reporting, sap, SAS, self, self-serve, service, SQL, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, Tableau, Tableau desktop, Tableau server, Tableau software, Targit, • BI | Comments Off

 

 

Itanium: Dance with the one that brought you?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Darin Stahl

When Oracle announced last March that it had ceased all development work related to  Intel’s Itanium process the announcement also reminded the IT community that the Itanium chip exists at all.   Oracle at the time said that Intel’s “management” had made … Continue reading →

Posted in Analyst's Angle | Tagged data-center, db2, hp, ibm, intel, Itanium, microsoft, Oracle, redhat | Comments Off

 

 

Microsoft to Buy Nokia? Doubtful…

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ross Armstrong

It must be June. How do I know? Because this is the time of year that the rumours begin to swirl that Microsoft is about to acquire a prominent smartphone maker. The past few years the main subject of such … Continue reading →

Posted in Analyst's Angle, Hot Topics, News & Analysis | Tagged apple, Blackberry, google, handset, iPhone, microsoft, mobile, mobility, nokia, RIM, smartphone | Comments Off

 

 

Why Buy Software Assurance from Microsoft?

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Mark Tauschek

Five reasons to buy Software Assurance Times are tough, your budget is tight, and you’re thinking of dropping Microsoft Software Assurance (SA).  Before cancelling your agreement, make sure you aren’t creating more of a challenge for your future budget or … Continue reading →

Posted in Advisory, Analyst's Angle, Facts & Stats | Tagged microsoft, MS licensing, office, SA, software assurance, software-licensing, windows | 1 Comment

 

 

 

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