NPS R4 enhances query performance on existing NPS hardware—at no additional cost, Netezza officials claim
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 5, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Contrary to claims and predictions, the amount and growth of unstructured data may be vastly overstated.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 5, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Expect them when you least expect them: surprises at a TDWI World Conference.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Can search deliver on the promise of ubiquitous BI? Maybe. As with any highly hyped technology, however, a few myths first need to be busted.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 29, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data modeling, that once sleepy demesne of data warehouse architects and hot-shot business intelligence (BI) analysts, has become quite popular.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 29, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Frank Buytendijk tells us what he really thinks.
                    
			            - By Eric  Kavanagh
 - August 22, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In addition to customer data, companies want to bring arrant product and financial data to heel, too. Call it a data-quality-work-in-progress.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 15, 2007