January 21, 2008
Rob Karel, Forrester Research, Inc. (FORR), wrote an interesting year-end review of his 2007 Master Data Management (MDM) forecasts in the Forrester Information Management blog on […]
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January 14, 2008
No longer do companies keep increasing tech spending “like it’s 1999.” Companies have become more selective in what they invest in. The key word is “investment.” […]
January 11, 2008
I am seeing a disconnect between many clients’ 2008 plans for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and the expectations they are setting with the business groups that are […]
January 9, 2008
Do you have projects lined up for next year that will deal with reference data? It’s a good idea, especially if you want to better understand […]
January 7, 2008
Many companies are building Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiatives apart from data integration projects. Since information is one of the key ingredients to creating business value […]
December 6, 2007
One of the dirtiest unspoken secrets in business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) is that most business people, despite the sizable investment in BI, PM […]
December 4, 2007
Your 2008 strategy and budget are probably all set. Now it is just a matter of tactics to implement your business and IT objectives for next […]
November 8, 2007
I teach data warehousing and business intelligence courses at Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Engineering. It provides me a fresh perspective on what we are doing […]
November 8, 2007
Recently I moderated a panel at the Boston TDWI chapter (I am a chapter officer) on emerging trends in business intelligence (BI). I framed the discussion […]
October 29, 2007
Let’s assume that you’ve got an Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) program in place. Now take an honest look. Is your EDW program going well? Is it […]
September 26, 2007
Now that you’re back “mentally” from the summer it’s time to focus on your fall activities to prepare you for the Q4 push. But before you […]
September 17, 2007
Take a step back for a minute and ask yourself if your organization is ready for enterprise data warehousing (EDW). Or, if you’re already doing it, […]
August 13, 2007
In a recent post I discussed the fact that people and policies need to be on the front burner when you initiate a Master Data Management […]
May 29, 2007
I’m not the only one who thinks that Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are here to stay. (See Microsoft Excel: The King of BI.) In […]
November 12, 2005
As we discussed in my previous column big data warehouses are back in style. In a 2004 TDWI study, 60 percent of respondents indicated that they […]
November 12, 2005
Just like boot-cut jeans and fuel-efficient cars, big data warehouses are coming back in style. Take a trip down memory lane, when IBM introduced the corporate […]
October 12, 2003
Published in Darwin Magazine (CXO Media) Maybe applications integration isn’t really what you need. Maybe you need to find a way to integrate your data. If […]
