Madan Sheina, Principal Analyst, BI Technologies at ComputerWire/DataMonitor, today joins the BI in Action team blog, to blog with the likes of Joe McKendrick and Michael Dortch!

We are very much looking forward to seeing Madan's analysis on our pages, and reportedly later today or tomorrow he will give his $0.02 on the Business Objects buy of Cartesis.

Here's a little more about Madan:

Madan Sheina directs and coordinates global research efforts for business intelligence technologies as part of ComputerWire/Datamonitor's enterprise business applications sector coverage. He is based in San Francisco, California. Madan has 12 years experience in IT research, consulting, market analysis and news reporting, with a sharp focus on business intelligence, data integration and knowledge management technologies. His current research interests include operational performance management systems, open source business intelligence software, evolving data integration strategies, price-performant data warehousing appliances, the resurgence of on-demand web analytics, collaborative process-driven intelligence and the convergence of structured and unstructured data analysis. Madan has advised major enterprise software vendors on market positioning, corporate strategy, competitive analysis and product development.

Prior to joining ComputerWire, Madan was Senior Analyst for Decision Support Technologies at the Aberdeen Group Inc in Palo Alto, California, and Lead Analyst for Online Analytic Processing Tools and Applications at Ovum Ltd in London, England. Madan holds an MSc (Econ) in Analysis, Design and Management Information Systems from the London School of Economics.