Oracle�s Business Intelligence Bombshell: TDWI

Oracle�s Business Intelligence Bombshell: TDWI: "The platform visions of Business Objects SA, Cognos Inc., and other vendors have fueled controversy in the BI space. There�s a reason for that: the all-in-one platform play flies in the face of the BI status quo, which�until recently, anyway�was dominated by best-of-breed or point solutions. Even now, with Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion Solutions Corp., SAS Institute Inc., and others touting the convenience, flexibility, and cost savings of the all-in-one BI platform, not everyone believes best-of-breed is marked for Dodo-dom. (http://www.tdwi.org/News/display.aspx?id=7854)

Oracle�s response to this is characteristically cheeky. Not only do Rodwick and other officials champion what they argue are the best-of-breed attributes of Oracle�s own BI technology stack, but they also expand the concept of the BI platform to include the database, applications, and attendant middleware. "