IBM this week announced its pending acquisition of the Star Analytics product portfolio. Star Analytics is a privately held company that offers products designed to provide easy access to and integration with Oracle Hyperion data sources. While Star Analytics has a good product and solid references, it has lacked critical mass to support more effective sales and marketing efforts. Star Analytics’ strategic value to IBM lies in its ability to unlock data held in Oracle Essbase multidimensional...
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Topics:
Reporting,
closing,
Essbase,
Hyperion,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Data Integration,
IBM,
Oracle,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Financial Performance Management,
Star Analytics,
TM1
One trend in business software that’s still in its early stages but gathering momentum is the availability of modeling tools that fill the gap between desktop spreadsheets and enterprise systems. Granted this “early stage” has been under way for quite some time, but the technology has finally progressed to the point where I expect it to get increasing market traction.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Database,
Planning,
Forecast,
Office of Finance,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Essbase,
Quantrix,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
In-memory,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
finance,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Workforce Performance Management (WPM),
analysis,
analytical application,
business model,
business plan,
financial model
