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Sample Product Review

The sample review compiles different sections from various reviews published on The BI Verdict, all of which are available in their entirety to BI Verdict subscribers. Collected here are chapters from our reviews of Cognos 8 BI, Oracle BIEE+, Crystal Reports, BusinessObjects, Tibco Spotfire, QlikView, arcplan, WebFOCUS and Hyperion Interactive Reporting — Download now


Sample Customer Verdict

The sample customer verdict shows how we have taken real-world data from The BI Survey to rate products against 26 key performance indicators (KPIs). The easy-to-read dashboard format lets you quickly identify strengths and weaknesses of each product, and how each product measures up against the survey average (based on around 2000 responses). In all, BI Verdict subscribers gain access to customer verdicts on 23 market-leading BI solutions — Download now


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Tibco Spotfire Product Review

Spotfire, a small Swedish company, has been around for over ten years now and was acquired in June 2007 by Tibco, a larger California-headquartered organization known for its SOA technology. The product reviewed here is Tibco Spotfire 2.0, an in-memory business intelligence tool with strong visual analysis features. This is one of our shorter reviews, and is one of over 20 product reviews you can access by purchasing a subscription to The BI Verdict.


QlikView Customer Verdict

This is one of 23 Customer Verdicts available to subscribers. The easy-to-read dashboard format lets you quickly identify strengths and weaknesses of QlikView, and how it stacks up against competing solutions (based on data from The BI Survey). QlikView is measured on 26 key criteria including query performance, product reliability and support quality.