Industry Analyst Reports

Independent analyst reports from Gartner, Ventana, Butler Group and other third-party analysts describe the business issues and technological considerations of enterprise business intelligence.

Please select one or more reports from the list below by checking the box to the left of each paper and clicking "submit" on the bottom of the page.

	Butler Group's Technology Audit on WebFOCUS BI Platform Independent analyst firm, Butler Group performs an in-depth evaluation of the WebFOCUS business intelligence platform. Find out why they say WebFOCUS is "an ideal platform for the development of enterprise BI applications."

	Ventana Research Information Builders Aims at Operational BI Many organizations want to bring hundreds, even thousands, of employees and partners closer to their customers and supply chains. Information Builders aims to enable such operational BI, which merges dashboard interfaces, event alerts, metrics, search, and other new features with BI reporting and analysis. Ventana Research believes that the company's latest developments will improve its competitive position in the marketplace.

	Using Operational Business Intelligence for Intra-Day Analysis and Decision Making Independent research report from Business Intelligence Network examines the importance of delivering the right information to the right people at the right time so they can make effective and timely business decisions. Report includes a case study on Information Builders customer, The Hillman Group, who successfully use Operational BI to provide real-time access to live data in operational systems.

	A Snapshot of Integration in Upstream Oil and Gas Operations In the upstream oil and gas industry, integration of business and production systems is becoming a critical part of doing business and remaining competitive. This report produced by Advertas and Upstream CIO Newsletter interviews producers of various sizes and an industry-standards group to form a picture of the challenges as well as potential solutions for successful systems integration in the oil and gas sector.

	Ventana Research Information Builders Adds to Its Stack This report discusses WebFOCUS' new capabilities, including Power Painter, SOA middleware, integration with Google and PowerPoint, and Active Reports.

	Scalability Requirements for Business Intelligence Platforms Obtaining the best data for specific applications requires more than simply the ability to connect to like sources using similar semantics. It means making decisions about how fresh the data must be, where it must ultimately reside, and in what forms users need it. Navigate the challenges of data and server consolidation with help from Unisys and Information Builders.

	Alcan (Now known as Novelis) iWay Integrates Multinational Business Operations for Novelis (Formerly Alcan, Inc.)

	A Report on WebFOCUS Scalability: Benchmark Test Results (Howard Kanter) Unisys and Information Builders' scalability benchmark tests of WebFOCUS were reviewed and corroborated by Dr. Howard Kanter from the Laboratory for Software Metrics at DePaul University.

	Ventana Research TCO Paper After a six-month study, Ventana Research named Information Builders the vendor offering the lowest total cost of ownership for both user-defined and parameterized reports.