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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                    Business Objects must surmount several obstacles on its way to BPM prominence.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 20, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The market for compliance-related software and services alone is expected to reach more $27 billion this year—and SAP wants a piece of the action.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 13, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Why are the majors suddenly hip to the promise of DW appliances?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - September 5, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It’s a milestone release, analysts concede, even if—in most other respects—it brings little new to the table in terms of either features or functionality. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 30, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    WebFOCUS Resource Analyzer, a tool that’s designed to help organizations accelerate the performance of their WebFOCUS-based BI infrastructures.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 30, 2006
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The certain undeniable logic of Crystal Reports for Eclipse.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - August 30, 2006