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.
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.
 
  
 
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                    Based on the experiences of several users, BIRT looks like a good start—which should only get better
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 15, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Technology is seen as a potential boon to Oracle’s Fusion Middleware initiative
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 15, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With Dynamic ODS, DataMirror hopes to break out from its association with AS/400 in the minds of customers
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 8, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Forget ETL: metaController enables a new kind of integration, which Traverse officials describe as “process orchestration”
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 8, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BIRT is enabled in part by technology expertise from reporting stalwart Actuate, which released a branded version of the tool
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 8, 2005
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    XML and Web services make SQL Server a more interoperable player for BI; both are seen as mixed blessings by IT pros, too.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 1, 2005