Janet Baine

There has been considerable consolidation among business intelligence (BI) software vendors. Just this year, Hyperion Solutions bought Brio Software; Business Objects bought Crystal Decisions; and the CEO of Information Builders has reportedly said a purchase is very likely next year.

Half way between primary storage and backup storage, NearStore from Network Appliance Inc. (NetApp) is nearline storage that solves some of the problems of the two traditional classes of storage and is a complimentary storage solution.

"Organizations are finding more and more ways to take data and use it as a competitive advantage,"...

As a partner in the Toronto office of Deloitte & Touche Canada, Robert Parker's main efforts these days is helping clients assess their current readiness and future strategy to deal with Canada's new Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.