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.
 
 
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                    CRM kingpin Siebel continues to struggle even as scrappy newcomer Salesforce.com enjoys surprising success.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 1, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gartner’s most recent RDBMS market share figures amount to a vindication of sorts for the business intelligence industry; Teradata’s revenues surge by more than 17 percent
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 1, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PMML recasts the data warehouse as a turnkey platform for real-time data mining.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 25, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Kalido last week showcased an updated version of its popular application suite, complete with improved MDM capabilities
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 25, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Netezza fleshed out its line of with new 50 and 100 TB offerings; the latter is nearly quadruple the size of its existing high-end product
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 25, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft sends a shockwave through the business intelligence market with its new BPM and scorecard product called “Maestro”
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 18, 2005