Analyst: It's something BI vendors really 'hate to do'
The analyst firm joins an already heated fray
NASA's involvement and early interest from partners bode well
Trading is set to begin Friday on its stock
Forty-three percent expect the open-source database to improve under its ownership
Part of a $3.25 billion debt offering will be earmarked for "future acquisitions"
The move follows Infor's announced plans to standardize on Redmond's stack
The marketplace, which echoes Salesforce.com's AppExchange, is part of an upcoming CRM release
Debes: Meeting with billionaire activist investor was "cordial"
Analysts expect big players to flesh out their data warehousing stacks