Alliance seeks interoperability

The incoming president of an alliance of open source companies hopes he can persuade big-name proprietary ISVs to join rivals in his group to further interoperability, writes The Register.

Recently named Open Solutions Alliance, president Anthony Gold told The Reg that his goal is to take the two-year-old organisation to the "next level", by turning it into a destination for practical advice on interoperability between proprietary and closed-source software.

To get there, Gold hopes he can persuade Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and others to join the group, even though the OSA membership includes JasperSoft, Ingres, and Talend, which challenge Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM in business intelligence, databases, and integration.

SAS was placed in the Leaders' Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, reports Business Intelligence.

Gartner describes vendors in the Leaders' Quadrant as “reasonably strong in breadth and depth of BI platform capabilities, and delivering enterprise-wide implementations supporting a broad BI strategy.

Leaders articulate a business proposition that resonates with buyers, supported by the viability and operational capability to deliver globally.

The BeyeNetwork, the network of sites that provide global coverage of the BI ecosystem, announces a new look and enriched functionality for its Web sites, says MSNBC.

Anchored by its flagship site, the network is beginning its fifth year of providing trusted information to BI and data warehousing professionals.

"We are very proud of the enhancements to the sites," said Shawn Rogers, editorial director and co-founder of the BeyeNetwork.