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AOL troubles Google

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-08-08T11:44:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 8 August 2008 at 11:44:00

Google announces in quarterly report its AOL investment could be impaired

Google looks likely to take a shower on its $1bn investment in AOL, as documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Committee say that investment is "impaired"....

Microsoft buys data warehousing firm

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-25T11:48:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 25 July 2008 at 11:48:00

Microsoft to acquire Datallegro

Microsoft has announced it will extend its business intelligence (BI) offerings with an acquisition of data warehouse firm Datallegro for an undisclosed sum....

Technology giants strong despite economic gloom

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-18T17:27:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 18 July 2008 at 17:27:00

IBM and Google release second quarter results

IBM and Google have both released strong second quarter revenues despite tough economic times. Google has announced second quarter revenue of $5.37bn or $3.93 per share and a profit of...

IBM introduces BI for mainframe

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-01T15:43:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Tuesday 1 July 2008 at 15:43:00

IBM unveils Cognos 8 Business Intelligence for Linux on System z

Following the European Union’s ratification of IBM's purchase of Cognos in January, the firm has now combined Cognos’ latest business intelligence (BI) system with its mainframe System z....

Firms team up to deliver enhanced enterprise search solution

Matthew lake — 2008-06-27T11:02:00.000Z

Matthew lake, IT Week, Friday 27 June 2008 at 11:02:00

SolSearch Indexer combines federated search technology with an advanced indexing capability

Solcara, a UK-based developer of software for the control, management and searching of digital information, has teamed up with enterprise search specialist Isys Search to extend its SolSearch offering....

QlikTech and Kalido team up

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-06-24T17:19:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Tuesday 24 June 2008 at 17:19:00

Vendors are to combine their expertise to deliver a more responsive business intelligence platform

In-memory business intelligence specialist QlikTech has announced plans to integrate its technology more tightly with that of information management solutions firm Kalido....

Another notch on the belt

Rosalie Marshall and Madeline Bennett — 2008-05-06T14:56:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall and Madeline Bennett, IT Week, Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 14:56:00

CIOs should pursue effective, not just fast, ways to cut back

As the credit crunch continues, IT managers are under increasing pressure to reduce budgets, with projects involving relatively unproven technology likely to be first for the chop....

Spotfire launches BI dashboard analytic capability

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-04-30T11:44:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 11:44:00

New business intelligence solution gives users greater tranparency and control over business process data

IT professionals can now perform root-cause analysis on the spot with new business intelligence (BI) software from the BI division of integration firm Tibco Software, Spotfire....

Credit crunch puts Web 2.0 plans on back burner

Madeline Bennett — 2008-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Madeline Bennett, IT Week, Monday 21 April 2008 at 00:00:00

As CIOs prepare for budget cuts, investment in leading-edge projects first to be hit

Corporate Web 2.0 initiatives and other innovation projects will be major victims of the credit crunch, according to the vice president of Capgemini’s Technology Services division, Steve Sutton....

Capitalising on innovation

Rosalie Marshall and James Murray — 2008-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall and James Murray, IT Week, Friday 11 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Government is to spend £1bn over the next three years on supporting the commercial exploitation of new technologies

Despite the turmoil on the financial markets, there has never been a better time for technology innovation in the UK, according to experts, and firms with IT teams capable of...

Whatever happened to self-reliance?

James Woudhuysen — 2007-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

James Woudhuysen, IT Week, Tuesday 18 December 2007 at 00:00:00

The decline in internal R&D at some of Britain’s largest companies augurs ill for the future

Invited to present some ideas to a very familiar UK service provider last week, I found few besuited representatives of the client at its head office....

BI vendors find positives in SAP-Business Objects deal

Rosalie Marshall — 2007-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 19 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Information Builders, Cognos and Microsoft attempt to refocus attention on own platforms

After days dominated by news of SAP’s bid to buy Business Objects, business intelligence (BI) vendors were out in force last week to try to boost interest in their own...

Business Objects shifts attention to mid-market

Rosalie Marshall — 2007-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 19 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Hot on the heels of SAP deal, BI vendor announces move beyond traditional enterprise market

Business Objects has revealed plans to focus its attention on the mid-market, armed with a now-complete business intelligence (BI) product line specifically aimed at businesses with smaller budgets and IT...

Microsoft takes BI to the next level

Rosalie Marshall — 2007-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 19 October 2007 at 00:00:00

Benefits of ease of integration and familiar interface highlighted at customer launch event

Microsoft held a UK customer event this week to highlight the launch of its Office PerformancePoint Server business intelligence (BI) solution, where experts outlined the twin benefits of ease of...

IT earns kudos by proving its worth

Phil Muncaster — 2007-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Tuesday 16 October 2007 at 00:00:00

To enhance their standing within firms, IT managers must demonstrate business leadership

The issue of how best to align IT with the business and improve the perception of the IT function was the main talking point at a roundtable event hosted by...