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Richard Hackathorn

Welcome to my expert channel – The Practice and Technology of BI/DW – that will focus on the practice and technology for business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW). We are experiencing a rapid change in how BI/DW is being used within corporations, globally both large and small. When I was first involved, we called it decision support systems, affecting only executives and using time-sharing services over 300-baud modems. IFPS from Execucom was the latest and greatest. Financial analysis was the extent of business intelligence, and manual data entry was the extent of data warehousing. We could not even spell “terabyte” back then. Oh, has a lot changed!

What are the key issues with BI/DW? I am focusing on the issues surrounding these topics: business value of low latency data, real-time business intelligence, data warehouse appliances, use of virtual world technology, ethics of business intelligence, and globalization of business intelligence. If any of these are vital to you, subscribe to my channel. Please submit your comments on my articles and blogs. Your thoughts are important and should be shared with our BI/DW professional colleagues. Further, you can contact me directly via email at richardh@bolder.com, via Twitter at www.twitter.com/hackathorn or via LinkedIn at "Hackathorn."

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    A ROAD Map for IT/Business Collaboration
    This white paper explains a rules-oriented architecture and application development process for bridging the gaps that exist between IT coding business logic and users driving dynamic applications that assist with or automate their decision making.

    Business Technology at the Crossroads Membership required to view this content
    The Convergence of Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, and Business Rules
    This white paper examines how business intelligence, business rules engines and business process management can best fit together as well as the purpose of each technology independent of the others.

    The Essential Roadmap to ETL Tool Migration Membership required to view this content
    Migrating from one ETL tool to another presents significant challenges to an IT organization. Here is a checklist of ETL migration issues, challenges and questions that an organization should consider and answer before an ETL migration project begins.

    Three Secrets You Need to Know About Enterprise Data Hubs Membership required to view this content
    Consolidating Data Services Can Increase Data Visibility
    This white paper discusses the need for enterprise data hubs, introduces an innovative, flexible framework and illustrates some ways in which some of the largest, data-intensive companies are making use of these enterprise assets.

    On-Demand BI for Insurance Organizations Membership required to view this content
    Learn how to devise a strategy IT executives and data warehouse managers can quickly and effectively deploy to move large volumes of legacy data to UNIX platforms, optimize that data for efficient and timely access, and empower users with pervasive BI.

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Spotlights

    Sid Probstein, Chief Technology Officer of Attivio
    Sid Probstein explains how Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) is powering the next generation of information access, integrating enterprise search and BI capabilities through its unique ability to combine structured data and unstructured content in one universal index.
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    Brad Peters, CEO of Birst
    Brad Peters introduces Birst - an automated, on-demand business intelligence (BI) and analytics tool that simplifies the complexities of BI.
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    Kristian Raue, CEO for Jedox
    Kristian Raue explains how Jedox’s Palo Server offers an alternative to BI solutions, delivering stable, high-end software that is commercially designed, developed and available under an open source license.
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    Ron Swift, VP of Cross Industry Solutions
    Ron Swift discusses the technology needed by the academic community and how Teradata created an online network online where professors can load slides, tests and lectures for use when they teach.
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    Roger Haddad, Chairman, CEO and Founder of KXEN
    Roger Haddad describes KXEN, its value proposition for Teradata customers, and explains how they embed advanced analytics into existing enterprise applications, thereby enabling companies to get real insight into their data.
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    Ian Huckle, CEO, Business & Decision
    Ian Huckle explains that companies are relying more on BI than in the past based on the current economical situation – BI is allowing companies to make the correct investment decision based on their financial situation.
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