Contributor: Mike Shiff
Michael A. Schiff is founder and principal analyst of MAS Strategies, which specializes in formulating effective data warehousing strategies. With more than four decades of industry experience as a developer, user, consultant, vendor, and industry analyst, Mike is an expert in developing, marketing, and implementing solutions that transform operational data into useful decision-enabling information.
His prior experience as an IT director and systems and programming manager provide him with a thorough understanding of the technical, business, and political issues that must be addressed for any successful implementation. With Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from MIT's Sloan School of Management and as a certified financial planner, Mike can address both the technical and financial aspects of data warehousing and business intelligence.
All articles by Mike Schiff
From every direction, predictive analytics will prevail and pervade.
- By Mike Schiff
- February 28, 2007
Spin-offs usually result in two discrete companies, but will that be the case with the division of Teradata and NCR?
- By Mike Schiff
- January 17, 2007
Both Microsoft and Oracle have now embraced Linux. What does that mean for you?
- By Mike Schiff
- November 22, 2006
Oracle nabbed yet another player in the business intelligence space. What does that mean for you?
- By Mike Schiff
- November 1, 2006
Everyone’s doing it these days, so will Oracle jump on the Linux bandwagon?
- By Mike Schiff
- October 25, 2006
Are you open to open-source? It’s out there, but look twice.
- By Mike Schiff
- August 30, 2006
A rising tide may lift all boats, but what happens when the tide recedes? This article examines the effect of Microsoft targeting the analytic applications market.
- By Mike Schiff
- June 21, 2006