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
BI tools guru Cindi Howson's annual assessment of the BI finds that ratings of success, enterprisewide use dip but business impact still strong.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 20, 2010
Tendrils of both BI and ECM are bleeding over and into one another. Although no one’s talking convergence, most concede a kind of limited commingling.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 6, 2010
It wasn’t exactly the best of years, but – all things considered -- it was a far cry from the worst.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 16, 2009
Done right, MDM delivers both strong ROI and improves the reliability of one's BI or data warehouse assets.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 10, 2009
Some issues that complicate or frustrate shrink-wrapped software implementations are mitigated by the open source model. That has some experts predicting a very bright future for open source BI.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 9, 2009
Upstart BI and DW vendors say their offerings address gaps or pain points established solutions ignore. It's a pitch that resonates with customers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 9, 2009