How well did analyst Mike Schiff predict DW trends for 2011, and what's in store for next year?
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
- December 13, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI popularity continued, and BI in the cloud and data aggregation took center stage this year.  We look at what BI professionals might expect in 2012. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Today’s integrated tools can analyze data, execute business rules, and move data.  What’s needed are tools that don’t work on the record level but rather examine “subjects.”
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Too many business executives lack not only good data, but an understanding of the data’s origination and history. 
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
- November 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How your BI team can communicate your focus on delivering solutions rather than the use of tools and technology.
                    
			            - By David  Loshin
- November 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Although an enterprise data model (EDM) can be used to facilitate messaging (as described in Part 2 of this series), this way of using an EDM does not achieve the same results that would be achieved by using the EDM to instantiate databases.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What do you do when you have data but insufficient data analysis skills? You find a guide -- and surprises as a result.
                    
			            - By Ted  Cuzzillo
- November 29, 2011