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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                    Is SQL Server 2005—even with significantly improved OLAP, ETL, and reporting features—worth the cost?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - March 2, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Web analytics market is growing at a healthy 30 percent year-over-year clip
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - March 2, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One in four companies will purchase and deploy a dashboard solution in 2005
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 23, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Announcement of a delay with version 2 rankles some users, but most are taking it in stride
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 23, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For a company that has sometimes seemed to lack direction, Informatica is back on track
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 23, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Readers report: MicroStrategy has done a very good job supporting existing customers with point upgrades and other enhancements 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - February 16, 2005