If the mantra of business today is "faster, better, cheaper," then it's inevitable that companies need to explore alternatives to traditional enterprise software. 
                    
			            - By Wayne  Eckerson
- August 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    In this issue of TDWI FlashPoint, Patty Haines explains why business metadata is a valuable asset, Philip Russom shares the requirements for business-to-business (B2B) data exchange, and Jill Dyché details how data governance is different at every company.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue’s acquisition of SPSS could herald a return to prominence for statistics gurus, model architects, and other power users. It’s about time, industry watchers say.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Informatica's PowerCenter Cloud Edition will support Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) along with Salesforce.com and Web services.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Three reasons why organizations struggle with BI
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How enterprise data sharing builds on earlier models such as data warehousing and XML standards to enable data sharing at an enterprise level.
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
- July 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Wayne Eckerson examines news from IBM's briefing on Smart Analytics
                    
			            - By Wayne  Eckerson
- July 29, 2009