What books have provided inspiration and insight for BI thought leaders?
- By Ted Cuzzillo
- October 2, 2007
Will MDM will succeed where past standardization efforts have failed?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 2, 2007
Data integration (DI) is practiced in different ways, with different tools and techniques, in response to different technical and end user requirements. The dizzying array of options is itself a barrier to action. To help technical users clear the barrier, this report segments the leading practices, tools, related technologies, and suites for DI. Based on the segmentation presented in this report, a technical user should be able to identify a DI practice that’s appropriate to his/her organization, understand what combination of tools and technologies is required, then draft an evaluation list of vendor products that maps credibly to his/her requirements.
- By Philip Russom, Ph.D.
- October 1, 2007
As last week’s SPSS 16 announcement makes clear, the company wants to push even deeper into the enterprise
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 26, 2007
For small and medium-sized enterprises, PerformancePoint could be a godsend
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 26, 2007
Is Cognos’ big-budget acquisition spree a harbinger of a more aggressive buying strategy?
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 19, 2007
The data warehouse might not survive a radical re-definition of "single version of the truth."
- By Ted Cuzzillo
- September 19, 2007
It’s been a busy fortnight for Business Objects, which achieved data quality and performance management milestones.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- September 12, 2007