A modestly priced version of Actian's high-performance Vectorwise database aims to help smaller organisations into the world of Big Data.

A new survey carried out by a major analyst firm suggests CIOs in the Asia Pacific region will be relatively flush with cash compared with their counterparts in the US and Europe.

A business intelligence system installed in the procurement department at the University of Sydney has uncovered $40 million worth of potential savings.

The industry body representing Australian analytics professionals is boosting their value with predictions that they are going to be even more highly sought after – even in hot demand - over the next seven years as the use of analytics by business continues to grow.

Mapping and tracking of data assets and reconciliation of data in information silos remains a key priority for organisations in Australia, and according to a new study just released, reaching a 'data integrity utopia' is becoming critical to remain competitive in the rapidly moving business environment.

Business intelligence software and services vendor, ComOps, has secured a contract to deploy its BI platform for York Precision Plastics, a manufacturer of prismatic lens panels and wraparound lighting diffusers.

Infigen Energy runs wind farms across the world, and when it was developing the business case for a business intelligence solution it calculated that for every 1 per cent additional availability it could wring from its turbines it could squeeze out $1.5 million additional revenues from its then 79 wind farms spread across six countries. Not surprisingly the company rolled out that business intelligence solution to ensure its turbines are operational and facing the right way when the wind blows.

Satsuma Solutions has appointed renowned technology entrepreneur Nick Fish as Sales Director and senior member of its executive steering committee.

Business Intelligence specialist QlikTech has announced that it will add Android and Blackberry support to its QlikView on Mobile system early next month, clearly a bid to cash in on Gartner predictions that by 2013 a third of all business intelligence access will come via handheld devices.

Database vendor Ingres is renaming itself Actian. While its DBMS activity continues, the company is looking to a new market for apps driven by massive databases.