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.

All articles by Steve Swoyer
With slightly more than a month to go until launch, it looks as if SQL Server 2005 is finally a done deal—and that’s a big deal for BI pros.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 28, 2005
PerkinElmer tapped a BI solution from Business Objects SA to consolidate its disparate BI holdings
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 28, 2005
In the wake of Oracle’s stunning Siebel gambit, is there a future for a Teradata-friendly Siebel Analytics suite? Teradata officials say so.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 28, 2005
Apex tapped a BI infrastructure from SAS to help illuminate its 4 TB healthcare information warehouse.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 21, 2005
Cognos may have snared lots of newsprint last week, but Business Objects wasn’t exactly out to lunch. The BI giant picked up a new CEO, named a CSO, and also announced a spate of new solutions for the mid-market. But what exactly does the CEO switch-up mean?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 21, 2005
Users say performance and usability improvements make Cognos 8 a much more attractive package
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 21, 2005