GLG News by Business Intelligence Software Market Experts

o While Teradata has been slow to acknowledge that data warehouse appliances were more than a niche market, Teradata may actually have been the original data warehouse appliance vendor. o Data warehouse appliances do not necessarily replace traditional data warehouses; rather they complement them and...

This is a good reminder that buying advertising from Google is like betting against the house and that barriers to entry for competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo! continue to rise.  Google has great supply - but how much demand is in the market is the question.

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Bebo and many others that create platforms for free speech and the free distribution of content from anyone and everyone will limit new growth opportunities if they do not reconcile with the concept of "rights" within the borders...

Software developers that provide ecommerce solutions for the "do-it-yourself" IT crowd will feel the mounting pressure of social networks. Outsourcing providers that need to match pace with "best in class" Internet merchants will feel the pressure to keep up with Amazon and others. Consumer technology...

The ability of traditional software vendors like Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle to innovate and keep pace with the market will increasingly become difficult. Large ISVs will continue in their strategy of acquiring companies that have established traction in the marketplace. Corporate investment...

SaaS is stepping front and center in the software market. Subscription managment skills will become increasingly important. Managing customer relationships within software companies will replace license management as the preminent skill. Operational excellence for ISV's in the management of software...

● In a perfect world all users would immediately install any patches or upgrades that would enhance the security of their systems.  ● However, many users, especially in home or home office environments, are reluctant to change something that seems to work.  ● Of course, in a perfect world...

Salesforce.com has built a great SaaS business but pressure will follow from major ISVs. SaaS is an announced strategy for several large software players.  Technology leadership for Salesforce.com will become increasingly difficult but when is the question.

* No one can be forced to migrate * Oracle is a business and so long as it can make money supporting products it will do so which is good news for investors. * As the industry consolidates into an oligopoly the amount it will charge for support will increase which is better news for investors....

Business continuance will now become a top of mind issue, especially in global outsourced solutions.