ARMONK, N.Y. (April 13, 2012) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Varicent Software Incorporated, a leading provider of analytics software for compensation and sales performance management. Varicent is a privately held company, with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed. Varicent software automates and analyzes the collection and […]
Next Generation Reporting Solution to Turn Employee Interactions into Business Insights KITCHENER, Ontario (March 27, 2012) – IGLOO Software, the leading provider of social business software in the cloud, today announced that it has partnered with MicroStrategy® Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, to integrate reporting and analytics into IGLOO’s social […]
Teradata Data Warehouse customers were most satisfied of all surveyed SAN DIEGO (March 26, 2012) – For the second time, a study from The Information Difference research firm ranked Teradata, (NYSE: TDC), the leading analytic data solutions company, as the technology trailblazer with the world’s happiest data warehousing customers. “Teradata’s customers were the happiest we […]
Super-fast, in-memory solution offers high performance, deep insights CARY, N.C. (March 22, 2012) – A new in-memory business intelligence (BI) solution from SAS uses a highly visual interface to bring powerful analytics to a broader class of users than ever before. SAS Visual Analytics, the newest product in the SAS High-Performance Analytics family from the […]
Simple, powerful analytics capability gives educational software company competitive advantage SAN FRANCISCO (March 21, 2012) – Jaspersoft, maker of the world’s most widely used business intelligence (BI) software, today announced Illuminate Education Inc. has chosen Jaspersoft as its embedded reporting BI solution. As a leading web-based software and services provider in the K-12 space, Illuminate’s […]
France’s leading eyewear-maker chooses Microsoft’s ERP solution for its usability, ease of maintenance and flexibility for future growth. Its objective: to unify its IT solution at 1,850 points of sale. France (March 20, 2012) – The Optic 2000 group, with more than 1,850 specialty stores for eyewear and hearing devices, has chosen Microsoft Corp.’s enterprise […]
Microsoft announces key releases and cloud road map for customers on the path to the Dynamic Business transformation. HOUSTON (March 19, 2012) – Customers of Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) gathered today at Convergence 2012 to hear how Microsoft Business Solutions will help them become connected, forward-looking organizations. With an explicit commitment to simplicity and agility, […]
Significant sales growth, strategic partnerships, and global expansion are highlights of substantial momentum for leading open source Business Intelligence (BI) company SAN FRANCISCO (March 12, 2012) – Jaspersoft, maker of the world’s most widely used business intelligence (BI) software, today announced its best-ever fiscal year concluding January 31, 2012. Jaspersoft reported 74 percent year-over-year growth […]
Expanding analytics and cloud capabilities across the IBM System x product line ARMONK, N.Y. (March 06, 2012) – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new server solutions designed to expand cloud and analytics capabilities across its entire portfolio, helping make Smarter Computing a reality for x86 clients. The new offerings include high-performance systems, networking and software […]
Migration of Multiple Data Sources Including OLAP and In-Memory Enables Faster Calculations and Automated Social Analytics TORONTO (March 06, 2012) – Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, announced today its socially-enabled BI platform Necto is now on SQL Server 2012, Microsoft’s cloud-ready database software. The solution is currently available for […]