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DB2 Alphablox provides a component-based, comprehensive
framework for integrating analytics into existing business
processes and systems.
According to IBM,
Alphablox for Unix and Windows adds new capabilities to the IBM
business intelligence portfolio, a key foundation for our on demand
capabilities. It:
Adds a set of components, based on open
standards, that allow you to deliver on the vision of integrated
analytics
Enables you to broaden and deepen business performance
management capabilities across organizations
Provides dynamic
insight into your respective business environment
Allows you to
quickly take advantage of new opportunities and overcome challenges
while you still have the opportunity to make significant
adjustments
Brief history
Founded in 1996, Mountain View,
Calif.-based Alphablox sells software for gathering data from
business applications that help managers visualize the collected
information. The software, for example, is designed to give a
manager up-to-the-minute customer sales data and create a visual
"dashboard" for tracking specific metrics, such as the size of
transactions.
July 2004 - Former Alphablox's CEO Joe Guglielmi
signed an agreement for the aqcuisition of Alphablox by IBM. Since
Alphablox is an IBM Partner. It was easier for IBM to fully
integrate these Business Intelligence solution to their flagship
IBMDB2 family.
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