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March 13, 2007
We just posted dates for our spring data warehousing & business intelligence courses: Fundamentals of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing – April 23-24 Business Intelligence and […]
March 7, 2007
I have an oddball method for assessing the health and future of a company – the stairway method. I’m constantly asked to assess not only the […]
March 5, 2007
The blogs are abuzz with analysis of Oracle’s (ORCL) acquisition of Hyperion (HYSL). My earlier post Oracle Acquires Hyperion: Another One Bites the Dust? generated a […]
March 5, 2007
In The Trial-and-Error Method for Data Architecture I discussed some common data architecture mistakes. In this article, I point out areas where companies tend to go wrong in […]
March 1, 2007
Oracle announced today that they were acquiring Hyperion Solution Corp. for approximately $3.3 billion or $52/share. Hyperion is one of the top BI pure-play companies with […]
February 20, 2007
(This blog post is part of a series on the BI and DW market consolidation. See the first post to get caught up.) It is easy […]
February 14, 2007
As the Ancient Mariner said, "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." How about “data, data everywhere, but not any of the right information I […]
January 31, 2007
TechTarget’s SearchDataManagement.com recently asked me to be one of the judges for their annual products of the year competition for business intelligence and analytics products. The […]
January 18, 2007
As a coach of my sons’ soccer teams, I’ve noticed something that occasionally holds back the ambitious players. Rather than focusing on basics, such as learning […]
January 17, 2007
Technical people often think that delivering great solutions is the key to satisfying business users. It is not. Delivering the solution users want is the key. […]
January 16, 2007
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. – Captain in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke What is the most likely cause of failed business […]
January 12, 2007
Data warehousing (DW) appliances aren’t the only hardware appliances shaking up the industry. New on the scene are business intelligence (BI) appliances, which also have the […]
December 28, 2006
(This blog post is part of a series on the BI and DW market consolidation. See the first post to get caught up.) Everyone forecasting M&A […]
December 21, 2006
Almost every day it seems that another corporate acquisition is announced. The December 19, 2006 “Top Story” on BusinessWeek.com “Deals of the Year, in a Year […]
December 14, 2006
Having worked in a high-tech company that was a competitor to HP I’ve got some thoughts to add after reading Andy’s post “Santa Comes Early for […]
December 13, 2006
HP has announced it is acquiring Knightsbridge Solutions Holdings Corp., a services company specializing in business intelligence, data warehousing, data integration and information quality. Financial terms […]
December 11, 2006
You know what am I always saying about data shadow systems and the reign of Excel, right? Here’s what Forrester says in a recent white paper: […]
December 8, 2006
In my previous post I discussed the Gartner Research "Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, 2006" and that Gartner has decided to supplant its “Magic Quadrant […]
December 5, 2006
Gartner Research published its "Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, 2006" on November 22, 2006. It has been eighteen months since they published the “Magic Quadrant […]
November 28, 2006
The top BI pure-play vendors – Business Objects (BOBJ), Cognos (COGN) and Hyperion Solutions (HYSL) – all experienced pronounced declines in their stocks prices this summer. […]
November 22, 2006
Microsoft is trying to change the perception that its database, SQL Server 2005, is not ready for the big leagues in regards to handling large data […]
November 17, 2006
In the IT industry there is always a lot of discussion (and PR) regarding the best-in-class products. Ask any industry analyst, consultant or IT person who […]
November 15, 2006
It was interesting to read a recent article from DMReview.com “OAUG Survey Reveals Three Out of Four Enterprises Using Oracle Applications Still Use Spreadsheets for Business […]
November 13, 2006
Is there a happy medium between business users who want to see their data in Excel and data warehouse managers who want the enterprise using "real" […]
November 9, 2006
I was at a BI tool regional users group recently where we were discussing people who were long on BI but short on ETL experience. Afterwards […]
November 1, 2006
I just came back from a very interesting regional user’s group (RUG) meeting for a vendor today. It was the best customer turnout ever for this […]
October 18, 2006
IBM had a strong quarter with revenue up 5.1% at $22.62 billion compared to last year’s 3rd quarter and earnings up 46% with a net income […]
October 16, 2006
IT Business Edge asked me three questions on helping customers address data quality issues, which many companies tend to avoid addressing at all. You’ve written that […]
October 13, 2006
We’ve added some new dates for our Boston-area data warehousing and business intelligence training for the rest of 2006. See the following link for dates and […]
October 12, 2006
Data warehousing (DW) appliances are being touted as potential market changing technology by technology and financial analysts alike. Vendors say these bundles of hardware and software […]
October 12, 2006
Lately I have read articles and analysts’ reports discussing whether Corporate Performance Management (CPM) rather than business intelligence (BI) will become pervasive in the future. This […]
October 10, 2006
I started using Oracle twenty five years ago. Twenty years ago I started developing data warehousing and business intelligence solution. More often than not, Oracle was […]
September 19, 2006
Rumors circulated last week that Business Objects was going to be acquired by Oracle and that IBM was considering acquiring Cognos. Business Objects stock jumped 11.5% […]
September 15, 2006
We’ve posted some new dates for our Boston-area courses: Fundamentals of Business Intelligence and Data WarehousingOct 30 – Oct 31, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing: Project […]
September 11, 2006
Compliance, competitive business requirements and increasing data volumes are driving companies to rethink data integration strategies. My first podcast with SearchDataManagement.com gives a comprehensive overview of […]