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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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Oracle and PeopleSoft—The CRM Angle

CRM competitors could target potentially disaffected customers—particularly if Oracle is less than sincere about servicing them

Siebel’s Analytics Push

As the major enterprise application vendors flesh out their analytic offerings, Siebel is in the forefront

HyperRoll, Hyperion Clash—OLAP Wars Revisited

In the age of SCO, patent suits are fraught with peril—especially for end users, who can find themselves simmering in the legal hot seat

Cognos Continues EU Push

Is Cognos positioning itself to better tackle Business Objects on its own turf?

SQL Server 2005 Offers Risks, Rewards for Business Intelligence Vendors

As Microsoft preps its most ambitious business intelligence offering to date—SQL Server 2005—the good relations it enjoys with some long-time BI partners could be at risk

Business Objects XI Gets Favorable User Feedback

It’s no silver bullet, but those who have used XI say the product goes a long way to addressing most of their concerns

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