A friend of Datadoodle recalls this story: He stood before a room full of IT people who worked on mainframes and asked them, "'How many of you feel responsibility for the quality of the data?'" Not one raised a hand. He said to them, "OK, now … [Continue reading] about That old clunky thing
BI consolidation first hand
Al Cherdak, an independent developer of enterprise software, has been seeing BI consolidation first hand. It's killing innovation, he says, and the Big Guys will save themselves by fixing it. His software—called Personal Data … [Continue reading] about BI consolidation first hand
The “personal data warehouse” debate sounds so familiar
Look closely at business intelligence and you see the world. Larissa T. Moss writes today in TDWI Flashpoint about the "the new debate" over enterprise data warehouses vs. personal data warehouses. One side believes in one-for-all. The other side … [Continue reading] about The “personal data warehouse” debate sounds so familiar
Blinded by the “check engine” light
Late last month on the Juice Analytics weblog, they were talking about Stephen Few's new concept, the "faceted analytics display." I like the idea, and I'm sure FADs are important. I just hate to see Few resort to a new term because inept … [Continue reading] about Blinded by the “check engine” light