April 2007 Archives

The love-hate relationship with spreadsheets chronicled by my esteemed colleague Joe McKendrick and others is both a symptom and harbinger of many of the challenges presented by those pursuing or considering business intelligence (BI) or business analytics (BA) efforts. So... Read More..
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"Cognos Makes Peace With Excel" That's the headline to Steve Swoyer's analysis on Cognos' latest product announcement. But, spreadsheets are the next step up from manual pen-and-paper. They're soooo 1980s. What's the automated BI tool vendor thinking? Last week, Steve... Read More..
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Boy, I can't look away for a minute without 47 things happening… Business Objects and Cartesis: If you want to read a great initial synopsis of the announcement and early reactions, you can do no better than my learned ebizQ... Read More..
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Welcome to the Terrible Twos -- and talk about growing pains. A new generation of technologies, born in this century, are out of the crib and getting into every nook and cranny of the enterprise, knocking over everything that isn’t... Read More..
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My esteemed ebizQ blogging colleague Joe McKendrick posted some interesting results from an InformationWeek survey of 500 IT executives regarding BI. Herewith, some further thoughts on what those results said and might mean. From Joe's post: "Half of the respondents... Read More..
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There's no shortage of corporate dollars flowing to BI projects and technology, a new survey of 500 IT executives by InformationWeek confirms. Half of the respondents intend to increase their BI budgets from 2006, and 40% say spending will remain... Read More..
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Globalization, shrinking business cycles, and increasing competitive pressures are placing demands on business managers to make faster and better decisions. Managers require both real-time visibility into their business operations and sophisticated analytical tools to help them navigate the increasingly fast paced and complex business environment.

Michael Dortch

Michael Dortch has been an analyst, consultant, speaker, writer, and 'information entrepreneur,' speaker, and writer about IT and 'the real world" for more than 30 years.

Joe McKendrick

Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. View more

Madan Sheina

Madan Sheina is principal analyst within Ovum's Software Applications group and is based in Northern California.

Madan has fifteen years' experience working in the IT industry both as an analyst and a journalist. His research covers a range of information management technologies, with a sharp focus on business intelligence, knowledge management and data integration software.

Madan is well respected in the IT industry for his clear, incisive and no-nonsense analysis style. He has advised leading ISVs on market positioning and product development strategy, IT users on product evaluation and selection, and the financial investment community on technology trends. View more

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