Table of Contents

Product Reviews

arcplan Enterprise
BOARD
Cubeware Cockpit
IBM Cognos Planning
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10
IBM Cognos Express
IBI WebFOCUS
IBM Cognos TM1
IBM DB2 Cube Views
IBM Executive Viewer
Infor PM 10
LogiXML
Microsoft Analysis Services
Microsoft PowerPivot
Microsoft PerformancePoint Server
Microsoft ProClarity
Microsoft Reporting Services
MicroStrategy
Oracle Hyperion Essbase
Oracle SQR Production Reporting
Oracle HFM & Planning
Oracle Interactive Reporting
Oracle Express and the OLAP Option
Oracle BIEE
Panorama NovaView
QlikTech QlikView
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP Cartesis Performance Suite
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
SAP BW
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Design (formerly Xcelsius)
SAP BusinessObjects XI
SAP Profitability and Cost Management
SAS Enterprise Guide & Web Report Studio
Tableau
Tagetik
Targit BI Suite
Tibco Spotfire

Factbases

arcplan Enterprise
BOARD
Cubeware Cockpit
IBI WebFOCUS
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10
IBM Cognos Express
IBM TM1
Microsoft Excel PivotTable
Microsoft Dashboard Designer
Microsoft Reporting Services
MicroStrategy
Oracle SQR Production Reporting
Oracle Hyperion Planning
Oracle Interactive Reporting
Oracle BIEE
QlikTech QlikView
SAP BEx Analyzer
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Design (formerly Xcelsius)
SAP BusinessObjects XI (including Web Intelligence)
Tibco Spotfire

Customer Verdicts

Actuate BIRT
arcplan Enterprise
Bissantz Deltamaster
BOARD
Cubeware Cockpit
Oracle Hyperion Essbase
IBI WebFOCUS
IBM Cognos BI
IBM TM1
Infor PM OLAP
Jedox Palo
Microsoft Excel PivotTables
Microsoft Analysis Services
Microsoft Reporting Services
MicroStrategy
MIK solution+
Oracle BIEE+
Panorama NovaView
Pentaho BI Suite
QlikTech QlikView
SAP BusinessObjects XI
SAP BEx Analyzer
SAP BW
SAP Crystal Reports
SAS Institute Enterprise Guide
Targit Analysis

KPI Dashboards

Root KPIs

Applications per administrator KPI Dashboard
Business Benefits Index KPI Dashboard
Business functions per administrator KPI Dashboard
Competitive win rate KPI Dashboard
Cost of Ownership Index KPI Dashboard
Data latency as a deterrent to wider deployment KPI Dashboard
Data latency, adjusted for data volumes KPI Dashboard
Data volumes (log) KPI Dashboard
Deployed seats per administrator head KPI Dashboard
Extranets deployed KPI Dashboard
Goal achievement, adjusted for age KPI Dashboard
Implemented within three months KPI Dashboard
Intention to buy more licenses KPI Dashboard
Number of departments served KPI Dashboard
Prevalence rates in multi-product sites KPI Dashboard
Product reliability KPI Dashboard
Product support quality KPI Dashboard
Product-related deterrents to wider deployment KPI Dashboard
Product-related problems KPI Dashboard
Proportion of employees using product KPI Dashboard
Query performance complaints KPI Dashboard
Query performance, adjusted for data volumes KPI Dashboard
Range of applications deployed KPI Dashboard
Renewal rates KPI Dashboard
Web deployment KPI Dashboard

Aggregated KPIs

Aggregated Business achievement KPIs
Aggregated Costs KPIs
Aggregated Loyalty KPIs
Aggregated Performance KPIs
Aggregated Quality and support KPIs
Aggregated Scalability KPIs
Aggregated Web KPIs
Overall KPI score

Research Notes

Understanding BI

What is OLAP?
Formatting Reports in Business Intelligence Tools
Storing multidimensional data
Database explosion
Semantic Metadata in Reporting Tools
Business Intelligence and Unstructured Data
Relational Databases
Business Intelligence and Web Front-ends

Advice to users

First Steps in Software Selection
Assessing needs for a business intelligence project
Evaluating and selecting BI software
Standard vs Best-of-Breed
BIaaS - Business Intelligence as a Service
Commentary: Business Intelligence competency centers
Commentary: Proof of Concept
Commentary: Good things come to those who DON'T wait
Commentary: Choose a product — not a vendor

Understanding the Market

The BI Market Segment Guide
The Dashboard Verdict
Business Intelligence Mergers and Acquisitions
FAQ: Open source BI/OLAP
OLAP benchmarks
Commentary: What in-memory BI 'revolution'?
OLAP Market share analysis
A dozen 'Next Big Things' that didn't happen
Key findings from The BI Survey 9

Companies and Strategies

Vendor Portfolio Guide: Oracle
Vendor Portfolio Guide: IBM Cognos
Vendor Portfolio Guide: Microsoft
Vendor Portfolio Guide: SAP BusinessObjects
Vendor Portfolio Guide: SAS
SAP BW Open Hub Service
Commentary: Hyperion Solutions merger problems
Commentary: Project Gemini — Microsoft's Brilliant OLAP Trojan Horse
Commentary: The false dawn of Microsoft PerformancePoint Planning
Commentary: Panorama's bumpy road from Microsoft to Google
Commentary: The OLAP Revival