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Data Governance Losing Priority in Some European Countries
Posted in: BlogHaving just got back from a presentation tour in mainland Europe, it seems that in the countries I have spoken that Data Governance came out with a thumbs down vote among CIOs present in my sessions. In particular in Belgium it would appear to be not on their radar. Having probed for feedback into what […]
Flexible Fact Tables – Best Practice or Rope To Hang Business Users With?
Posted in: BlogBlogging occasionally offers up opportunity to open up a good debate. So here goes! Over the last several years I have observed data models in many different BI systems across different vertical industries where so called ‘generic’ fact tables have been designed with only one ‘generic’ measure. The objective of the design approach is that the […]
Trusted BI Critical in a Tough Climate
Posted in: BlogIt’s pretty clear that Business Intelligence is becoming even more strategic in this tough economic climate as companies seek to have greater insight to help them stay profitable and keep making money. By default almost it would seem that trusted intelligence has got to be there for BI to be reliable and support confident decision […]
Some BI Ideas for 2009
Posted in: BlogSo here we are at the end of 2008. Another amazing year in the area of BI. In the 18 years I have been specialising in this IT sector, I suppose you might wonder what else is there to do here. After all BI is a mature market, indeed many of my clients today could […]
Oracle Enters The DW Appliance Market
Posted in: BlogWell now – has the inevitable happened? Larry Ellison, Oracle’s CEO finally recognised the value of the hardware/software combination in the business analytics marketplace. This market, pioneered over 20 years ago by Teradata and now thriving with many other players including Netezza, ParAccel, Datupia, ExaSol, Vertica and others, has now become a target for Oracle […]