Contributor: Steve Swoyer
Stephen Swoyer is a technology writer with more than 16 years of experience. His writing has focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics for almost a decade. He’s particularly intrigued by the thorny people and process problems most BI and DW vendors almost never want to acknowledge, let alone talk about.
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All articles by Steve Swoyer
Data federation is now regarded as a viable, necessary, and complementary DM practice, tapped alongside ETL to support an array of data integration scenarios.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 17, 2010
CEO Foster Hinshaw's reemergence parallels the convalescence of Dataupia itself, which -- after a tough 2009 -- now claims to be back on track.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 17, 2010
The mood at this year’s TDWI Winter World Conference may indicate that 2010 will turn out to be a great year for BI and DW.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 3, 2010
Informatica's acquisition of MDM specialist Siperian highlights both the growth of MDM as a technology and the mounting pressure of market forces.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 24, 2010
The new Oracle-Sun combination has compelling, and potentially breathtaking, business intelligence and data warehousing ramifications.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 24, 2010
The market for SaaS business analytic technologies is set to surge, according to a new report from research firm IDC
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 3, 2010