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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                    With as much as 75 percent of corporate data still sitting on the mainframe, Big Iron is a platform few BI vendors can afford to ignore
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 19, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s little risk for CRM vendors who wish to get into the social networking game—and the potential upside is enormous
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 19, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For Cognos, 2004 was a big year, but officials say customers haven’t seen anything yet
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 12, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Increasingly, ETL is being tapped to support non-data warehousing activities, such as database consolidations and migrations
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 12, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Newly updated suite bridges the gap, once and for all, between Crystal’s product line and the company’s own classic offerings
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 12, 2005
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations demand all-in-one reporting tools that address their operational, analytic, and financial reporting requirements
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 5, 2005