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
Teradata explains the importance of appliances -- as both data warehouses and data marts -- and trumpets its Active EDW vision.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 11, 2009
With IQ 15, Sybase takes aim at columnar competitors ParAccel and Vertica -- as well as the teeming MPP appliance market.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 11, 2009
Appliance proponents aren't worried about SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse. Instead, they raise credible objections about Redmond's high-end DW push.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 4, 2009
Few predict an outright contraction in a DI segment that's been a hotbed of recent activity
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 4, 2009
Public sector shops deserve improved insight into their operational budgets, too, Oracle officials say
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 25, 2009
Microsoft says that SQL Server Fast Track systems can be pre-tested to scale to up to 32 TB -- at a claimed $13,000 per TB.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 25, 2009