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	<description>The Geography of Business, The Business of Geography.</description>
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		<title>IBM Buys Cognos, Last of Large Independent Business Intelligence Providers</title>
		<link>http://www.thegeofactor.com/2007/11/12/ibm-buys-cognos-last-of-large-independent-business-intelligence-providers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Oracle acquired Hyperion for $3.3B then SAP snatched up Business Objects for $6.8B. Now, in what is not a particular surprise, IBM announced it would acquire Cognos for $5B. 
What&#8217;s it all mean for the geospatial market? I discussed the SAP/BO combo in April when it happened and said Oracle is more geospatial-aware than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAP plus Business Objects: Any Affect on Geospatial?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, SAP agreed to acquire Business Objects for $6.78 billion. Wall Street apparently is not in love with the deal as skepticism pushed the SAP stock price down 4% on Monday. Some are suggesting SAP overpaid for the French business intelligence (BI) software provider. (I am baffled that some call BI an &#8220;emerging&#8221; market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Oracle Buying Hyperion Mean Anything to the Geospatial Intelligence Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegeofactor.com/2007/03/09/does-oracle-buying-hyperion-mean-anything-to-the-geospatial-intelligence-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it means something that Oracle is buying Hyperion. Hyperion is, however, integrated only with ESRI, while the other largest business intelligence (BI) vendors also integrate with others (Autodesk, Bentley, GE Energy, Google Maps, and MapInfo). Hyperion provides retail and public sector geospatial intelligence (GI) capabilities through a partnership with Australia-based Integeo, a Forge Group company. Integeo Map Intelligence [...]]]></description>
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