OLAP is Dead (Long Live Analytics)
The term OLAP or Online Analytic Processing was coined in 1993 by relational database technology pioneer Ted Codd (my claim…
New Academic Journal
For anyone who is passionate about BIIM, they should know about a new academic journal out of the US: International…
Let Me Share a Secret With You
As I was out shopping with my son this weekend, I realized there are still a lot of opportunities for…
When Will Star Wars Performance Management Arrive?
Let’s get a bit wild and imagine way out into the future about how a truly futuristic enterprise performance management…
Salesforce.com introduces the world to the Collaboration Cloud
Today at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference CEO Marc Benioff announced a new "mystery" product called Salesforce Chatter. Calling the category "collaboration…
ETL tools: Don’t Forget About the Little Dogs
I’m not only concerned about hand-coding versus ETL tools; I’m also concerned that potential buyers of ETL tools and the…
IBM: Numerati paradise
It's been about three weeks that I've been "covering" IBM for BusinessWeek. I haven't done any articles yet, but I…
Make Better Decisions
Copyright © 2009 James Taylor. Visit the original article at Make Better Decisions.Tom Davenport published a new article recently in…
Government IT Savings Success – Time to Open the Piggy Bank…Carefully
Australia's Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner recently heralded the Gershon Review and resultant reforms by Federal Government as a success. A…
The Chopping Block: Three Questions to Ask When Considering Cutting Features from an IT Project
I am often involved with projects that are running behind schedule and over budget. Such is life of an IT…
