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Ten Lessons from MDM Early Adopters

We recap the 10 major lessons learned during TDWI's Master Data Management Insight 2008 Conference

TDWI Audio Report: Does BI Consolidation Open a Door for Open Source?

History shows that periods of heavy mergers and acquisitions, such as we’re seeing now in the business intelligence software sector, are followed by periods of slow innovation, as large companies focus on integrating their acquisitions. That’s one of the observations of JasperSoft CEO Brian Gentile, who sees the agility of open source BI offering an alternative to the high price points, and complex features and architecture of the largest BI packages.

Composite Software Updates Flagship EII Suite

One vendor whose enthusiasm hasn't diminished is Composite Software, which recently announced a new version of its flagship EII suite

Information Management: The Value of an Enterprise Data Model (Part 2 of 2)

Enterprise data models have a host of benefits that your enterprise can enjoy. We explore the benefits and uses of an EDM.

Vista SP1 Expands Language Support, Hits USB Snag

Some existing SP1 users report problems with USB-based devices after applying a security patch

LogiXML Enhances Integration, Web-Based BI

Thanks to its new ETL component, LogiXML's Web-based BI suite can address many common integration difficulties -- all in a Web-based context

Archiving Efficiency: The Key to Green Storage

Manufacturers may redesign their products to improve energy efficiency, but data archival may be the real secret to green storage.



The Regulatory Path to Green IT

Are incentives -- or outright regulation -- needed to spur companies to meaningfully curb their energy consumption?

Trusted Web Sites Attract Malicious Activity, Symantec Report Reveals

The Global Internet Security Threat Report shows that as networks are more strongly protected, attackers have shifted tactics and targets.

Why IT Must Act Now to Meet New PCI Data Security Standards

A bevy of vendors -- including most prominent services providers -- have announced new payment card industry-oriented services.

A Tale of Two Architectures

Storage nirvana remains the undiscovered country of the true SAN.

Waste Not, Want Not: Organizations Overspending on IT

Last year, IT organizations frittered away fully one-quarter of their budgets on "unnecessary" or "redundant" customizations.

Podcast: Outsourcing Data Recovery

How to justify the cost of a backup and recovery service provider

Google and Salesforce Ratchet Up the CRM Competition

Integrated solution suggests potential threat to Microsoft's hosted CRM offering

Assess Security and Boost Innovation, Says RSA Exec

RSA Conference opening speech emphasized that innovation can be facilitated by considering security as a form of risk assessment

The Real-Time BI Dilemma

Real-time is viral: once one business unit has it, others will clamor for real-time access, too. The question is -- does your organization really need it?

Analysis: Mainstream Apps Adopt BI Features

BI shows signs of spreading to mainstream business applications. Case in point: QuickBooks Enterprise 8.0 has it built in.

TDWI Audio Report: Operational BI: Moving from Intelligence to Action

In this interview, Hewlett-Packard’s Rich Ghiossi, director of marketing, business intelligence, HP Software, discusses how operational BI can finally fulfill the long-awaited potential of BI: getting the right information to the right people at the right time.

Information Management: The Value of an Enterprise Data Model (Part 1 of 2)

We examine the steps your organization must take to develop an enterprise data model

Illuminate's Correlation Database Accelerates, Expands BI Queries

CDBMS stores data values, not records or tables, to reduce analytic response time by increasing query flexibility