Recovering from the Accidental Architecture
In my article “The Accidental Architecture,” I discussed how enterprises have evolved their data warehousing (DW) and business intelligence (BI)…
Spotlight on Innovation
Innovation is a hot topic these days. That’s a good thing since it’s hard for many companies to continue to…
It’s PARTNERS Time …World’s Largest Data Warehousing and Analytics Conference
Well, our annual Teradata PARTNERS is here, coming just after Teradata marks its one-year anniversary as an independent company. It…
NRC Report: Data Mining won’t find the Terrorists
According to Declan McCullagh, a just-released U.S. National Research Council report entitled Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists:…
Disputed history of the term Business Intelligence
According to Computerworld, Howard Dresner coined the term business intelligence in 1989 at Gartner Group. That seems odd, since a…
Securing Enterprise Data and Computer Power
In March I posted an entry on a significant enhancement in the computing realm, the thin client. That post…
Making BI more decision-centric
My friend Kurt Schlegel at Gartner has just released a new report - Deliver Business Value With a BICC (BI…
There’s Money in Them Thar Companies – BI & MDM Funding!
Given the harrowing day in the world's stock markets yesterday and today's roller coaster ride in US markets, you would…
Analysts Realize There is A Downturn!
The Business Intelligence (BI) Index was down 3.96% today, -33.0% year-to-date (YTD) and stocks within the index are down an…
HealthCare Improvements Through Master Data Management
Healthcare is one of the last industries where you hear the term MDM (Master Data Management) mentioned. Most IT industry…