http://www.thevarguy.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/ Channel News, Reseller News and Channel Partner Programs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thevarguy.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-59031 TechIQ » Archive » Four Reasons IBM Spent $5 Billion on Cognos Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:50:17 +0000 http://techiqmag.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/#comment-59031 [...] the deal has its share of challenges. When SAP announced plans to buy Business Objects for $6.4 billion in October, lots of folks expected Cognos to be the next object of desire. Some Cognos insiders [...] [...] the deal has its share of challenges. When SAP announced plans to buy Business Objects for $6.4 billion in October, lots of folks expected Cognos to be the next object of desire. Some Cognos insiders [...]

]]> http://www.thevarguy.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-34310 MSP Mentor » Cognos CEO Watching Managed Services Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:27:56 +0000 http://techiqmag.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/#comment-34310 <p>[...] Ashe’s decision to join Third Brigade’s board should be a win-win. Third Brigade gains valuable insights from a CEO who knows how to compete with some of the world’s largest technology companies. And Ashe gains valuable perspective on the MSP and SaaS trends. Cognos can only benefit from that as the company faces heightened competition from Oracle and SAP. [...]</p> [...] Ashe’s decision to join Third Brigade’s board should be a win-win. Third Brigade gains valuable insights from a CEO who knows how to compete with some of the world’s largest technology companies. And Ashe gains valuable perspective on the MSP and SaaS trends. Cognos can only benefit from that as the company faces heightened competition from Oracle and SAP. [...]

]]> http://www.thevarguy.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-34278 Cognos CEO Watching Managed Services « MSP Mentor Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:55:53 +0000 http://techiqmag.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/#comment-34278 <p>[...] Ashe’s decision to join Third Brigade’s board should be a win-win. Third Brigade gains valuable insights from a CEO who knows how to compete with some of the world’s largest technology companies. And Ashe gains valuable perspective on the MSP and SaaS trends. Cognos can only benefit from that as the company faces heightened competition from Oracle and SAP. [...]</p> [...] Ashe’s decision to join Third Brigade’s board should be a win-win. Third Brigade gains valuable insights from a CEO who knows how to compete with some of the world’s largest technology companies. And Ashe gains valuable perspective on the MSP and SaaS trends. Cognos can only benefit from that as the company faces heightened competition from Oracle and SAP. [...]

]]> http://www.thevarguy.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-34277 TechIQ » Archive » Cognos CEO Watching Managed Services Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:54:24 +0000 http://techiqmag.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/#comment-34277 <p>[...] Ashe’s decision to join Third Brigade’s board should be a win-win. Third Brigade gains valuable insights from a CEO who knows how to compete with some of the world’s largest technology companies. And Ashe gains valuable perspective on the MSP and SaaS trends. Cognos can only benefit from that as the company faces heightened competition from Oracle and SAP. [...]</p> [...] Ashe’s decision to join Third Brigade’s board should be a win-win. Third Brigade gains valuable insights from a CEO who knows how to compete with some of the world’s largest technology companies. And Ashe gains valuable perspective on the MSP and SaaS trends. Cognos can only benefit from that as the company faces heightened competition from Oracle and SAP. [...]

]]> http://www.thevarguy.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/comment-page-1/#comment-34264 Mark MacMullen Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:59:34 +0000 http://techiqmag.com/2007/10/07/business-intelligence-companies-objects-of-desire/#comment-34264 <p>After having experienced the takeover blues twice already and all the prevarications that follow from upper management about how great everything will be, I hope SAS will always remain an independent company. I've used SAS for the last 13 years and have always admired the company and its resources to be there for me when I neded them. If anyone were to buy SAS it would change the complextion of the company and as a result it would be far less then the complany it is today for customer service and developer support.</p> After having experienced the takeover blues twice already and all the prevarications that follow from upper management about how great everything will be, I hope SAS will always remain an independent company. I’ve used SAS for the last 13 years and have always admired the company and its resources to be there for me when I neded them. If anyone were to buy SAS it would change the complextion of the company and as a result it would be far less then the complany it is today for customer service and developer support.

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