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
BI tools are only as good as the quality of the data they work with. Analyst Michael Schiff is still surprised at how many BI professionals still ignore this fact.
- By Mike Schiff
- January 28, 2009
BI analyst Michael Schiff looks at the accuracy of the predictions he made last year, examines the major BI events of 2008, and suggests new trends to watch in 2009.
- By Mike Schiff
- December 17, 2008
Politics can provide many valuable lessons. The power of business intelligence, as clearly demonstrated by the TV election coverage, is one of them.
- By Mike Schiff
- November 12, 2008
The recent financial turmoil has served to raise awareness that we need to fully understand complex investment products and the benefits and risks they bring.
- By Mike Schiff
- October 8, 2008
The Oracle In-Memory Database Cache keeps frequently accessed data in memory for faster performance. We look at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of this technology.
- By Mike Schiff
- May 14, 2008
When it comes to BI deployments, organizations should not be "penny wise and pound foolish."
- By Mike Schiff
- April 2, 2008
What's the impact to your BI projects if your vendor misses an update schedule?
- By Mike Schiff
- February 27, 2008
Bundling agreements can be beneficial for both vendors and their customers, who are exposed to more BI functionality. However, there are risks for the customer.
- By Mike Schiff
- January 23, 2008