01/27/2009

After just 15 months, Microsoft has pulled PerformancePoint
Computerworld
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it was folding its business process management (BPM) software, PerformancePoint Server, into its popular SharePoint Server product.
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09/24/2008

Various analytic tools could have provided banks an early warning of the risks to their loans and securitues, some observers say
Computerworld
In the coming weeks the feds and the surviving financial services institutions will have the daunting task of unraveling all the securitized loans and other instruments that are hiding the toxic investments. But does the technology exist to do that? And if so, could it have been used to prevent the bad debt from hitting the fan in the first place? 
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08/01/2008

By mashing together search, BI and mapping, police officers can view real-time crime data along with past records.
Computerworld
By combining business intelligence and two foundations of Web 2.0 -- search and mapping -- a police department in Kentucky has built a brand-new window into crime.By combining business intelligence and two foundations of Web 2.0 -- search and mapping -- a police department in Kentucky has built a brand-new window into crime.
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