By Jason Busch on September 2, 2010
In August, IBM continued down its well-paved acquisition path by adding yet another vendor into its software portfolio. Datacap, a technology provider focusing on content and document data capture, entry and management, marks the …
Posted in Business | Tagged data capture, DataCap, ibm, initiate systems
By R "Ray" Wang on June 28, 2010
BI Solutions Must Address The Information Management Matrix A confluence of changing business requirements and on-going vendor consolidation leads many organizations to rethink their business intelligence (BI) strategies. Many buyers face decisions to move beyond departmental solutions or to stay with an integrated apps based BI solution. Meanwhile, some buyers must decide whether or not […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 3, 2010
IBM Adds A Leading Customer Data Integration/MDM Pioneer To Its Master Information Management Arsenal With arguably 10 master information management acquisitions since 2003, IBM continues to push towards its goal of adaptive master data management (MDM) (see Figure 1). The recent acquisition of Initiate Systems comes after the heals of Oracle’s purchase of SilverCreek Systems […]
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, Ascential Systems, Bill Conroy, cdi, CrossAccess, customer data integration, data integration, data quality, Datactics, dbMotion, DI, DQ, DWL, EII, EMC, Enterprise apps strategy, Healthvision, hp, ibm, ibm software group, information management, initiate systems, Kalido, LAS, Lombardi, master data management, mdm, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, News Analysis, oracle, PIM, product information management, Raytheon, sap, SRD, Talend, Trigo, Unicorn, Venetica, Visionware
By R "Ray" Wang on December 16, 2009
PEOPLE WHISPERS: MOVES, PROMOTIONS, AND MILESTONES*
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Eliot Axelrod became Senior Account Exec […]
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