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Volume 11, Number 4 -- February 1, 2011
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Magic to Sell MicroStrategy BI into IBM i Base
by Alex Woodie

Magic Software will offer the complete suite of MicroStrategy's business intelligence offerings as part of an alliance the two software company's announced last month. The MicroStrategy BI solution is a good fit for IBM i and JD Edwards shops because of its relatively low overhead and openness, according to Magic, which will also be helping IBM i shops build DB2/400-based data marts using its iBOLT integration tool. READ MORE >

Info Builders Shrinks BI Apps with InfoMini
by Alex Woodie

It's a problem that has perplexed business intelligence tool builders for some time: How do you give users the capability to customize and personalize their reports, without burdening them with too many features and complicated options? The folks at Information Builders think they have found the perfect balance between functionality and simplicity with InfoMini, which allows administrators to expose as much or as little of the underlying query toolset as their users demand. READ MORE >


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Mobility, the Cloud, and Social Business Top Lotusphere Agenda
by Dan Burger

Mixing social networking with business objectives has a great upside, but before get all giddy about this, let's call it a potential upside. Even though it's already taken on the more serious, buttoned-down name of social business, it's not yet the game-changer that's it's predicted to be. At IBM's Lotusphere conference, being held this week in Orlando, social business is the biggest star and Lotus software is your ticket to the moon. READ MORE >


Oracle Touts JDE EnterpriseOne Growth
by Alex Woodie

Oracle yesterday announced new packaged offerings for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, including a new Oracle Business Accelerator that streamlines installation of the ERP system. The world's largest business software company also touted the growth of its Oracle Accelerate solutions, which provides implementation and customization services to EnterpriseOne customers around the world through its partner network. READ MORE >




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m-Power Graphing Feature Gets an Overhaul
by Alex Woodie

The folks at mrc last week announced the overhaul of the graphing function of m-Power, its versatile application development environment that's often used to create dashboards, business intelligence, and other Web-based applications on the IBM i server. Users should see much faster graph creation, among other improvements. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• IBM Adds Forecasting to Cognos Express

• PowerTech Seeks Input in Open Source IBM i Security Policy

• Computer Guidance Nabs Three Customers

• Quadrant Offers Discount on 2010 Tax Form Package

• MVP Adds Job Library to Scheduler


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Editor: Alex Woodie
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Timothy Prickett Morgan
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Magic to Sell MicroStrategy BI into IBM i Base

Info Builders Shrinks BI Apps with InfoMini

Mobility, the Cloud, and Social Business Top Lotusphere Agenda

Oracle Touts JDE EnterpriseOne Growth

m-Power Graphing Feature Gets an Overhaul

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

IBM Adds Forecasting to Cognos Express . . . PowerTech Seeks Input in Open Source IBM i Security Policy . . . Computer Guidance Nabs Three Customers . . . Quadrant Offers Discount on 2010 Tax Form Package . . . MVP Adds Job Library to Scheduler . . .


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