BI Myths, Trends & Hype

January 29, 2015

BI & Analytic Trends of 2015 – Best Business Value – Storyboarding becomes best practice for BI design

This is the second in the series of posts on best business value. 2)  Storyboarding becomes best practice for BI design Typically BI applications are designed […]
January 28, 2015

BI & Analytic Trends for Business Value

As mentioned in my post BI & Analytic Trends of 2015 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, while the hyped industry trends get all […]
January 9, 2015

BI & Analytic Trends of 2015 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

It’s the time of year when analysts, consultants, vendors and industry pundits publish their predictions on the trends that they feel will have significant impact on […]
September 17, 2014

Big Data is not the only game in town

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was […]
January 29, 2014

Spreadsheets vs. Analytical Nirvana

This post is part of a series on trends that highlight the two worlds of BI: the world where, according to industry pundits and vendors, enlightened […]
January 21, 2014

Best Value BI Trends — BI Embedded into Business Processes and Decision-making

This post is part of a series on trends that may have been around for years without many enterprises successfully implementing them, or they might be […]
January 17, 2014

BI Trends 2014 – Let’s Get Practical

This is an interesting time of year because there are many articles predicting the business intelligence (BI) trends for the New Year. Analysts from the top […]
January 26, 2011

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing – Too Much Hype: 11 for 2011

It’s time for another business intelligence and data warehousing “hype” list. What industry trends are being hyped by pundits, analysts, columnists and vendors as though they […]
January 5, 2011

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Trends: 11 for 2011 (and a Led Zeppelin bonus)

What industry trends will affect our industry this year and beyond?  See my predictions below.  Please note that my predictions are not product pitches nor are […]
January 26, 2010

Ten Data Integration Trends for 2010

As we begin both a New Year and new decade in 2010 it is a great time to discuss the significant trends impacting the data integration […]
February 3, 2009

Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing Emerging Trends (but not breakouts): 9 for ’09

Just like Goldilocks and the Three Bears we are looking at what is too hot, too cold and just right. So far we have discussed our […]
January 19, 2009

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Fizzles (Too Much Hype): 9 for ’09

Break out the hype translation dictionary! Google the new term you just heard from your fellow colleague or consultant and you will see the industry PR […]
January 7, 2009

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Trends: 9 for ’09

“It’s the economy, stupid” will be the dominant theme for 2009. A recession, consumer and corporate anxiety, and constrained IT spending will challenge rational thought. Although […]
November 13, 2008

It’s Just a Little More Disk Space

Recently I bought a Maxtor OneTouch™ 1TB backup drive for my son’s PC. We had been using a 320 Gb hard drive for backups, but to […]
May 30, 2008

Notes from TDWI Boston Chapter Meeting

The Boston Chapter of TDWI had its quarterly meeting yesterday with a theme on Master Data Management (MDM). We had a keynote presentation titled “Master Data […]
April 23, 2008

Ease of use versus functionality

  The Wall Street Journal article “Business Software’s Easy Feeling” yesterday discussed how “Many vendors have "consumerized" their corporate software and online services, making them easier […]
April 7, 2008

BI & DW Trends: 8 for ’08 – Data Integration will Break out of the Silo

(This is part of a series of posts on business intelligence & data warehousing trends for 2008.) How’s this for irony: a lot of integration projects […]
March 4, 2008

Suites (BI, data integration or data modeling): Boom or Bust?

Microsoft (MSFT) vaulted into dominating PC applications when it developed its Office Suite concept a long time ago. Before this suite people bought best-of-breed applications for […]
February 7, 2008

BI & DW Hype: 8 for ’08 The death of the independent software firm

(This post is a continuation of a series on  BI & DW Hyped trends). The death of the independent software firm is greatly exaggerated. MicroStrategy (MSTR), […]
February 5, 2008

BI & DW Trends: 8 for ’08 The Song Remains the Same: Data Shadows Systems Continue to be Pervasive for Reporting and Analytics

I co-authored the TDWI report Strategies for Managing Spreadmarts: Migrating to a Managed BI Environment. In a survey we conducted in the fall of 2007 we […]
January 25, 2008

BI & DW Trends: 8 for ’08 Dazed and Confused: Product Roadmaps, Upgrades & Migrations

(This is part of a series of posts on business intelligence & data warehousing trends for 2008.)  Dazed and confused. Such is the fate of the […]
January 22, 2008

BI & DW Hype: 8 for ’08 Real-time Business Intelligence (BI): Give People What They Need – And Not What They Don’t

Here’s an item for the BI & DW Hyped trends list: Why does the iPod outsell its competition by such a wide margin? Why did its […]
January 10, 2008

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Hype: 8 for ’08

When I read some of the predictions or trends for 2008 by analysts, columnists and even a few vendors I am struck by both the hype […]
January 8, 2008

Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Trends: 8 for ’08

Let’s look into the crystal ball for 2008.  What industry trends will affect our industry during the next year and beyond? These trends are NOT product […]
January 3, 2008

BI & DW Trends: 8 for ’08 The Song Remains the Same: Data Shadows Systems Continue to be Pervasive for Reporting and Analytics

I co-authored the TDWI report Strategies for Managing Spreadmarts: Migrating to a Managed BI Environment. In a survey we conducted in the fall of 2007 we […]
September 27, 2007

Peeking Behind the Curtain of Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Hype

In the business intelligence and data warehousing industry we are continually inundated with new product categories and killer apps that are going to revolutionize what we […]
May 10, 2006

BI Myths: Business users have a severe case of tool envy

Not only do business users not have tool envy, they probably don’t even want to hear you talk about them. Tools and technology are not first […]