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• Using BI, BPM Data to Change Business Processes Fast

  Actions reveal more than words, we know, and companies are watching carefully, using <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/523013/Using_Predictive_Analytics_to_Tap_More_Profitable_Customers">business intelligence and analytics</a> tools to figure out what's happening in their markets. But it isn't just what makes a consumer buy a product or respond to an e-mail promotion that companies want to understand. They're also putting business operations-where efficiency can make the difference between profit and loss-under the microscope.

• Major Oracle BI launch coming next month

  Oracle is planning to release one of the most significant updates to its BI (business intelligence) platform in years at a July 7 event in London, according to the company's web site.

• Oracle extends Hyperion for more financial duties

  Oracle has augmented the capabilities of its Hyperion financial analytics software with new modules to help bean counters streamline specific financial management tasks.

• IBM responds to Oracle's Exadata with new systems

  IBM on Wednesday announced a new range of integrated systems for large-scale data analysis, mounting a fresh challenge to rival Oracle's Exadata platform.

• Professors cite challenges in teaching BI

  Although BI (business intelligence) is one of the hottest areas of enterprise IT, college professors around the world say they face a variety of challenges in training the next generation of BI workers, according to a new study.

• Mitre 10 taps open source for fast BI win

  National hardware equipment chain Mitre 10 has implemented a business intelligence system in eight weeks to centralise its reporting while maintaining compatibility with spreadsheets.

• Oz IT shops can't change business culture: Gartner

  If Business Intelligence (BI) projects made difficult because business doesn’t understand technology – it is worse still, according to Gartner because "business doesn’t understand itself".

• SaaS BI will be big in 2010

  Mounting evidence suggests that in 2010, the hottest segment in BI (business intelligence) software will revolve around offerings delivered from the cloud, thanks to increased product sophistication, strained IT budgets and other factors.

• Survey: Social media not useful for BI yet

  While the number of users on Twitter, Facebook and other social-networking sites continues to grow, business intelligence practitioners remain skeptical about the value of knowledge such services could generate, if one survey by a data warehousing firm is any indication.

• Open-Source BI Going Mainstream for Routine Uses

  Adoption of open-source business intelligence software is doubling every year because the products are viewed as "good enough" for routine applications, according to a recent report by Gartner Inc. analyst Andreas Bitterer.

• SQL Power Wabit BI tool comes to enterprise users

  A Toronto-based business intelligence (BI) software vendor is giving the frontline worker a tool they can actually use with the newly released enterprise edition of Wabit, which follows the March release of the client version.

• IBM's analytics center focuses on financial services

  IBM has opened a business analytics center in London to focus on services for the U.K.'s financial sector, which drives a major portion of the nation's economy.

• Crunching data on the cheap

  Data-warehousing software systems are expensive, but many enterprises have nonetheless been willing to dig deep, betting that analytics will provide new insights into their business and a competitive advantage.

• IBM showcases new analytics capabilities

  IBM will announce a range of additions to its already-burgeoning portfolio of BI (business intelligence) tools on Monday during its annual Information on Demand (IOD) conference in Las Vegas.

• Ellison: Fusion Applications in 2010

  Oracle plans to launch its long-awaited Fusion Applications in 2010, and they will be deployable both on-premises and as SaaS (software as a service), CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday during a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.