Teradata customers win awards

Two Teradata customers have earned best practices awards for 2008 from The Data Warehousing Institute, according to Business Wire.

The annual awards recognise companies with innovative business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing projects.

Teradata customers are being recognised for their exceptional achievements in the development and execution of data-warehouse-driven business practices generating significant business value in two categories.

Microsoft India has emerged as the leading vendor of BI solutions in India as per Gartner's Asia Pacific software revenue estimates, says IT VAR News.

As per the Gartner study, Microsoft is also ahead of the competition in the overall Asia Pacific (APAC) BI platform market for a second consecutive year.

The study highlights that in APAC, BI software revenue grew a healthy rate of 26.1%, and in value terms the market stood at US$339.7 million during 2006-2007.

Manufacturing SMEs using SAP Business One ERP can now get a basic integrated version of Crystal Reports reporting and BI software, says MC Solutions.

Just a matter of months since SAP's acquisition of Business Objects, SAP says it's not only the first integrated solution, but evidence of the companies' commitment to SMEs.

Marge Breya, GM and executive VP at Business Objects, says users can now connect directly to data from the SAP application regarding all critical business functions to create reports and graphics.