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I last used Cognos version 7 years ago and then was working on Business Objects XI R3. Now I need to compare these to run on Oracle, DB2 and Teradata.To my technical mind, I am more inclined to Cognos as it gives more control both for the technically minded report creator to run and also for the administrators to limit what a user can or can't do with the systemOn the other hand, Business Objects, especially it's web intelligence aspect makes it easy for extremely technophobic business users to create sufficiently complex reports.As far as the database interaction, I haven't...

Former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and three Beacon Hill power brokers have been indicted on corruption charges in connection with a State House scandal involving lucrative software contracts, the U.S. attorney announced today. DiMasi, his former accountant Richard Vitale, lobbyist Richard McDonough and software broker Joseph Lally have all been charged, according to a federal indictment. All four were released this afternoon on $10,000 bail each, but they will only have to pay if they skip any court hearings. All are due back in federal court in Boston Monday. The co-defendants were also ordered to hand over their passports...