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News Highlights

  • How Data Federation Can Co-exist with an EDW

    The passions that were once aroused by the old data federation debate have cooled, in part because data federation has earned some respect. Instead of being perceived as a zero-sum proposition, data federation is now viewed in complementary terms: one can both federate data and have an EDW. Such a compromise seemed impossible five years ago. [more]


  • Cool BI: Outlook and BI Search

    BI expert looks at two recent trends that have the potential to bring greater adoption of BI to enterprises: Outlook integration and BI search. [more]


  • Q&A on Emerging Technologies: SaaS BI

    How software-as-a-service can be used with BI, plus a look at the technology's drawbacks and limitations. [more]


  • Sybase Survey Reveals Analytics Paradox

    IT sees value of Analytics, but few have formalized analytics plan. [more]


  • Q&A: MDM Proving Its Value at Health Services Company

    Master data management is the concept of managing and maintaining a single, complete view of the business's data. As Rick Biederstadt explains in this interview, it's not always an easy concept to implement, but it has more than paid off at Health Care Service Corp. [more]


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