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The Year in Review, The Trends Ahead
It's that time of year again. Every December, we look back at the year just past, highlight some of its most intriguing trends, and hazard a few guesses about what the New Year will have in store. [more]
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That Was the Year That Was: Major Data Warehousing Events of 2010 (and Predictions for 2011)
As 2010 draws to a close, it's time to review some of the major events of the year and speculate on what might occur in 2011. [more]
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3 "Big-Data" Predictions for 2011
How will compliance-driven structured data retention affect your enterprise? Will expensive data management software fall and sustainable IT rise as a result? [more]
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From the BIScorecard Blog: Tableau 6.0 and Cool BI at TDWI
Why is analyst Cindi Howson so impressed with Tableau Software's latest release? Learn why she believes it may prove to be one of the company's biggest releases and one that heightens the competition with QlikTech, TIBCO Spotfire, and Microsoft PowerPivot. [more]
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Is SQL Server's MPP Retrofit Too Little Too Late?
At its recent PASS conference, Microsoft finally unveiled its SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse. Microsoft is late to the MPP party, but with a reloaded MPP engine in the forthcoming SQL Server "Denali" -- and a promised columnar option -- Microsoft could still make a splash, if it can move quickly. [more]