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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                    If a spate of recent EII-related events is any indication, that technology might soon become a must-have checklist feature for many vendors
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 18, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Meet MDM, the latest hot technology practice
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 18, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to users who’ve put the updated Reporting Services through its paces, Microsoft just may have something to crow about
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 11, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM’s competitors say some Ascential users could be left in the lurch as Big Blue pursues a much broader information-integration vision.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 11, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DataFlux adds support for real-time, heterogeneous connectivity to its market-leading data quality tool
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 4, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Because of several outside drivers, organizations could soon face a come-to-enterprise-ETL moment—whether they want to or not
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 4, 2005