Posted by Mike on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 366 views
With an endless wave of new companies pushing innovative new technologies, the BI market has been one of the most dynamic in the software industry during the past 20 years.
…[T]he plethora of advertisements about BI capabilities that appear on television (e.g., IBM’s Smarter Planet campaign) and major consumer magazines (e.g. SAP and SAS Institute ads) reinforce the maturity of BI as a mainstream market. BI is now front and center on the radar screen of most CIOs, if not CEOs, who want to better leverage information to make smarter decisions and gain a lasting competitive advantage.
To prove this point, Wayne created a great timeline of the Business Intelligence industry mapping the changes in Users against those of the Vendors.
Prior to 1990, Wayne tells of how companies used 3GL (COBOL, PL/1, etc.) and 4GL (NOMAD, RAMIS, and FOCUS) computer programming languages to handle reporting needs.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 403 views
Cobol software supplier Micro Focus has lost nearly one-third of its value as it warns that its full year figures will be disappointing.
Revenues in the three months to January 2011 were below expectations and the shortfall will not be made up this year. A number of deals were deferred or lost. The business is still cash generative. Net debt is $5.5m.
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Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 358 views
Every year, about this time, we welcome a new edition of the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook. It really is the standard reference work for all IBM mainframe professionals – whether they’re grizzled old-timers nearing retirement or that new batch of recently graduated enthusiasts, and everyone in between.
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Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 437 views
With so much of IBM’s software now in its 40s, it’s no wonder that using it requires quite a lot of knowledge. And many people have developed a whole range of nifty tips and tricks that they can use when things go wrong or to help make things work better. That’s where user groups come in. A user group provides an opportunity for people to share their hints and tips with others, and, in return, learn some tried-and-tested new ones.
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Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Sunday, January 9, 2011 - 937 views
This is the time of year when people make predictions for what we can expect to see in the coming year, so here are my predictions…
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Posted by Mike on Friday, October 22, 2010 - 353 views
Your software systems are the heart of your business–and they may be vulnerable. In Glitch, industry leader Jeff Papows, Ph.D., outlines the three converging forces that are leading to the proliferation of glitches. Papows explains why and how these glitches are affecting businesses, government agencies, and consumers and provides recommendations as to what we can do about them.
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 210 views
IBM and CA are hard-pressed to replace the aging Baby Boomers who support their still-indispensable and profitable mainframe business. To combat the threat, IBM began distributing its System Z Academic Initiative to spread the mainframe gospel, and CA has changed the look of mainframe software to make it more appealing.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 393 views
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)-BMC Software Inc. (BMC) made its name doing the unglamorous work of streamlining corporate data centers. Now it is riding one of the technology industry’s biggest waves: cloud computing.
Over the past 18 months, BMC has begun helping clients build and manage more than 150 cloud-based data centers. The company’s customers include Concur Technologies Inc. (CNQR) and Rackspace Hosting Inc. (RAX).
BMC also has introduced new cloud products. In May, it rolled out BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management, software for building and operating cloud-based data centers. The Houston-based company also plans to introduce more cloud-related IT products.
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