SAS targeting SMB market and considering a channel program

SAN FRANCISCO – While business intelligence and data analytics vendor SAS Institute is primarily focused on the enterprise market, company executives told CDN the company is moving into the small and medium-sized business

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 29th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

NetApp’s Julie Parrish tells all in this month’s CDN digital edition

In this month’s tablet-friendly digital magazine edition of CDN, we feature our annual solution provider roundtable that hosted seven prominent executives discussing the new business opportunities in the retail sector with analytics software.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 17th, 2013 Paolo Del Nibletto

CDN’s Technology in Retail Roundtable

The latest influx of U.S. retail giants such as Target setting up shop in Canada may be a competitive threat to Canadian retailers - but it could create new opportunities for Canada’s IT

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 26th, 2013 Christine Wong

The four big opportunities IBM sees for growth

LAS VEGAS – While IBM Corp. didn’t make much in the way of news on Tuesday at its PartnerWorld Leadership Conference, it did hammer home a consistent message of four key growth areas

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 27th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

SAP is going to the Super Bowl

German business software vendor SAP AG  (NYSE:SAP) is going to the Super Bowl. As part of SAP's partnership with the National Football League, SAP technology will be features as part of the league's Super Bowl

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 24th, 2013 Jeff Jedras

SAP plans “big leap” into channel for 2012

Business software vendor SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) will take another step in its evolution from a direct-first company by opening up the entire Canadian enterprise market, with the exception of 150 named accounts,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 23rd, 2011 Jeff Jedras

SAP’s in-memory database is ready for the data centre

Following a period of early customer deployments, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) made generally available Wednesday its in-memory database, HANA, which will for now co-exist alongside its existing in-memory offerings before an eventual transition

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 2nd, 2010 Kathleen Lau

SAP launches real-time analytics appliance

LAS VEGAS --- Business software vendor SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) used the Las Vegas stop of its TechEd conference to outline a future technology development focused founded on three core pillars: clout computing,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 20th, 2010 Jeff Jedras

Softchoice implements Business Objects for analytics advantage

For reseller and solution provider Softchoice Corp. (TSX: SO), maximizing their share of each client's technology spend is the key to growing their business. Before they could do that, though, they needed to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 25th, 2010 Jeff Jedras

SAS pushes for business analytics in Canadian government

Fraud experts Chris Swecker and Joe Pendleton discussed strategies for detecting and preventing fraud at an event in Toronto on Best Practices in Government Fraud Detection hosted by SAS Institute Inc. Chris Swecker,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 22nd, 2010 Jennifer Kavur

IBM just getting started with analytics spending spree

LAS VEGAS -- IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) isn't finished adding to the US$12 billion worth of investments it has made to its business analytics and data management stack, according to Ambuj Goyal, general

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 30th, 2009 Rafael Ruffolo

Sybase pushes the unwired enterprise

What better place than Las Vegas for highly wired IT professionals to learn how to get "unwired?"Vegas, the venue of the 10th annual Sybase TechWave conference, is where – on Tuesday – more

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 7th, 2008 Joaquim Menezes

Real world BI: In the hospital, and on the street

Nashville, Tenn. - Business intelligence isn't just for crunching numbers for big scary corporations: it's being used by public servants to keep communities safe and happy.Project manager Peter Dartnell ventured down to Nashville

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 4th, 2008 Briony Smith