Last One Standing
Given the rapid consolidation of the business intelligence (BI) market, clearly only a few players will survive. The evidence suggests that the two largest companies left standing will be IBM and Oracle. Which one will win the right to redefine BI? Michael L. Gonzales
Shared Intelligence
The chief asset of a B2B e-marketplace is the information it has about internal and supply-chain performance. Thus, for those companies, having a proper architecture for capturing and distributing partner transaction information will be an essential factor in success. Kumar A. Alwar
Itanium Rising
Can Itanium—the first member of Intel¹s IA-64 family—be similar to other 64-bit microprocessors in architecture, yet differ in its effects? According to Mike Fister, GM of that company's enterprise platforms group, it can. Justin Kestelyn
Special Section: Web Analytics
Eyes on the Prize
As businesses worldwide begin to recognize the strategic value of information derived from the Web, using Web analytics to manage and interpret that information will be the next critical business intelligence process. Jack Hafeli
Up Close and Personal
"Consumer-implied communication" has given rise to a sector within e-commerce for capturing and quantifying information into a BI infrastructure. A growing number of product and service providers are attempting to leverage this opportunity. Will they succeed? Don Nachtwey
