In a recent post I discussed Oracle’s market share in BI, based on a press-published chart taken from IDC data – showing Oracle coming in second. As often happens in such discussions, I got quite a few direct emails and twitter messages – some in no uncertain terms – about why the particular metric IContinue reading “Decoding BI Market Share Numbers – Play Sudoku With Analysts”
Tag Archives: performance management
Cloud Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning – BTM Arrives
I’m delighted to feature this piece from Joe Clabby of Clabby Analytics, an independent technology research firm that focuses on systems, storage, networks, infrastructure, management and cloud computing. In this 8-page report, Joe looks at business transaction management (BTM) — a segment of the application performance management (APM) market he believes anyone looking at cloudContinue reading “Cloud Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning – BTM Arrives”
Confio Tries to Apply BI to DB Performance – Needs Work
The Boulder BI Braintrust hosted Confio this week. Confio is fairly small (25 people focusing on product development sales and support, with most other infrastructure outsourced), and privately held with angel and operating revenue funding it. The value proposition of their product, Ignite Performance Intelligence, (I’ll call it IPI from here) is to deliver information about database performance usingContinue reading “Confio Tries to Apply BI to DB Performance – Needs Work”
IBM’s BAO Initiative Will Change the Landscape, But More Is Needed
IBM Global Business Services (GBS) has added its first new service line since IBM acquired PWC and launched itself into the services business. GBS generated nearly $20B in revenue in 2008, a few hundred million more than the hardware side of IBM. Two other units, the software group and IBM Research, have joined with GBS to create theContinue reading “IBM’s BAO Initiative Will Change the Landscape, But More Is Needed”