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.

All articles by Steve Swoyer
Some industry watchers feel the time might be right for SaaS BI—particularly in the SMB segment.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 19, 2006
SAS—the data mining and analysis specialist-cum-BI power—left little doubt about its strategy in the data integration space.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 19, 2006
Don’t look now, but Cognos thinks it has a new killer app for mainstream BI—enterprise search.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 19, 2006
This week, Business Objects unveiled crystalreports.com, its inaugural software-as-a-service entry. Is Crystal Reports On Demand right for you?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 12, 2006
ProClarity’s data visualization capabilities surpass those of most prominent business intelligence pure plays.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 12, 2006
Some industry watchers question Oracle’s commitment to BI superpowerdom.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 12, 2006