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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                    Actuate says it has a winner in its e.Spreadsheet 9, announced last week. On this and other accounts, officials say, Actuate isn’t sweating the Microsoft thing.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 4, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Far from being a BEA-only deliverable, ALDSP is a bona-fide EII contender, analysts say.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 27, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If both Gartner and IDC say a trend’s a trend, then it must be a trend, right?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 27, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Are next-gen dashboards too good to be true? It all depends on what you mean by "dashboard," industry watchers say. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 27, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Forget thin clients, the next frontier in enterprise information delivery might be mobile, roaming, or—heck—even roving clients.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 20, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Officials say the new suite will help SPSS break through to mainstream success.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 20, 2006