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BI as a Service (BIaaS) – Will Google Move In On This Opportunity?
Posted in: BlogMost of you by now have probably found it difficult to avoid the hype around Software as a Service (SaaS). For many of us today this is already a reality in our business. You only have to look at the huge uptake of Saleforce.com by small and medium size businesses (SMBs) to realize that there […]
Enterprise Information Management In Demand
Posted in: BlogRecently I have noticed a lot of companies raising priority on Enterprise Information Management projects as it becomes clear that many companies realise that they do not have information under control. This includes both structured and unstructured data. It is clear that for unstructured data, enterprise content management, content authoring, tagging, search and taxonomy are […]
Data Federation – Rapid Information Delivery in a Tough Economy?
Posted in: BlogIncreasingly as I speak with my clients and CIOs I meet at various speaking engagements around UK and Europe, it is becoming clear that data federation can potentially offer rapid value to IT budget constrained companies that just can’t find the resources for another major database project. It may be that if you work in […]
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 […]