Solution Beacon, LLC, Oracle Applications, consulting, database administration, oracle application implementation, implementation, upgrade, resource, resources 

Solution Beacon LLC is a leading provider of expert-level resources to Government Agencies and Fortune 1000 companies. Our resources are some of the most highly qualified and skilled in their respective ... industries. We specialize in the Oracle Applications marketplace, providing leading expertise in the following areas:   [More...] [Less...]

MIKE2.0 Methodology - MIKE2.0, the open source methodology for Information Development 

Welcome to MIKE2.0 MIKE2.0 (Method for an Integrated Knowledge Environment) is an Open Source methodology for that provides a framework for Information Development . The MIKE2.0 Methodology is part of ... the overall Open Methodology Framework . MIKE2.0 is a collaborative effort to help organisation who have invested heavily in applications and infrastructures, but haven't focused on the data and information needs of the business. We believe this has resulted in many of the business problems faced by organisations today around compliance, lack of customer insight, failed transformation programmes and the high cost of technology systems.   [More...] [Less...]

IBM acquires Cognos for $5bn - Times Online 

IBM, the IT giant, has agreed to buy Cognos, the last remaining independent business intelligence software group, for $5 billion. Business intelligence software is used to sift the vast amounts of data ... collected by companies in the digital age to glean insights — such as potential cost cuts or sales opportunities. The sector is seen as a key growth area for database companies facing maturing core markets. Last month, SAP, the German business software giant, announced the acquisition of Business Objects, the Franco-American rival to Cognos, for €4.8 billion in cash. Shares in Cognos had soared by more than a quarter in the wake of that deal, on speculation that the group would also fall to the wave of consolidation sweeping the software market. In March, Oracle, the most highly acquisitive group in the sector, snapped up Hyperion, a smaller business intelligence group, for $3.3 billion (£1.6 billion). IBM’s acquisition of Cognos comes as the group battles to safeguard its software divis   [More...] [Less...]

ITtoolbox - Professional IT Community 

Copyright © 1998-2008 Information Technology Toolbox, Inc. All product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Information Technology Toolbox, Inc. is not affiliated with or endorsed by any ... company listed at this site.   [More...] [Less...]

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