Contributor: Steve Swoyer
        
Stephen  Swoyer is  a technology writer with more than 16 years of experience. His writing has  focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics for almost a  decade. He’s particularly intrigued by the thorny people and process problems  most BI and DW vendors almost never want to acknowledge, let alone talk  about.
 
 
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                    For SME firms with limited IT know-how, Business Intelligence is an especially tough nut to crack. It's a nut BI players of every stripe desperately want to crack, however.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 7, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle this week announced its first rev of ODI, along with an updated version of the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search tool it announced a year ago.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 7, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Call it a fashionably late, but nevertheless feature-complete arrival.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 31, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If you haven’t yet heard of SaaS Business Intelligence startup Xactly, consider yourself duly informed.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 31, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The revamped Business Intelligence Suite incorporates analytic technology from the former Siebel Systems Inc., which Oracle acquired 16 months ago.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 31, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Not all industry watchers see genius in the deal, but those who do say Celequest gives Cognos some serious dashboard muscle.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 24, 2007