iWay Unites On-Demand Integration, Big Data for Real-Time Analytics

2011-10-20

Jaspersoft Open Source BI Reporting Available for Eclipse

2011-07-15

Pentaho Corp. has updated its open source BI with interactive reporting, data discovery and access to more data sources. IDN explores Pentaho BI 4 Enterprise Edition’s latest capabilities for architects, devs, admins and end users with Pentaho CEO Richard Daley.

Cloud-based SMB solutions for business intelligence/business analytics and mobile IT will become more available to SMB firms, and such investments will become increasingly important, according to a study by AMI-Partners.

The 2011 edition of the Evans Data Corp. North American Developer Survey finds that cloud is still hot, but it now vies for attention with other emerging technologies. Enterprise mobile, NoSQL and Big Data are all rapidly capturing mindshare – and budgets. IDN speaks with Evans Data CEO Janel Garvin about the results.

Panorama Software, a vendor of business intelligence solutions, has launched Necto BI, a new way to connect data, analytic insights, and individuals across a company. Necto is a socially-enabled BI platform that provides users with tailored and highly-relevant results.

Syncsort, a provider of data integration and data protection solutions, wants to contribute an external sort “plug-in” to Hadoop’s open source community to open up Hadoop to more users, a Syncsort exec told IDN. The company also released a commercial product optimized for Hadoop.

Talend, provider of open source data management solutions, is tying in with Ingres Corp.’s VectorWise analytic database to provide tighter integration between enterprise data and supply business users better access to timely information.

This week, leading provider of BI, analytics and master data management are gathering in Los Angeles as Gartner holds its Business Intelligence Summit. IDN offers some summary highlights from the show.

Gartner reports the business intelligence (BI) market, including analytics and performance management software hit $10.5 billion in 2010, a double-digit jump from 2009.  Garter credited stimulus-related spending, recovery in global IT spending and new product updates. The Gartner BI Summit 2011 happens this week in Los Angeles.

SAS, one of the leaders in BI and analytics, says a new chapter in analytics adoption to spur business value of enterprise software and data systems will present unique opportunities for IT architects and application owners. IDN speaks with SAS senior vice president Jim Davis.

Forrester’s latest enterprise BI survey finds interest in BI / analytics projects is skyrocketing. The trends signals big career opportunities in BI / analytics for IT integration, software and data architects. A top Forrester analyst shares five top reasons BI will be a powerful career move for IT professionals.