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January 29, 2015
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
(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
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
(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
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]