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.
All articles by Steve Swoyer
BI tools guru Cindi Howson's annual assessment of the BI finds that ratings of success, enterprisewide use dip but business impact still strong.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 20, 2010
Tendrils of both BI and ECM are bleeding over and into one another. Although no one’s talking convergence, most concede a kind of limited commingling.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 6, 2010
It wasn’t exactly the best of years, but – all things considered -- it was a far cry from the worst.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 16, 2009
Done right, MDM delivers both strong ROI and improves the reliability of one's BI or data warehouse assets.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 10, 2009
Some issues that complicate or frustrate shrink-wrapped software implementations are mitigated by the open source model. That has some experts predicting a very bright future for open source BI.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 9, 2009
Upstart BI and DW vendors say their offerings address gaps or pain points established solutions ignore. It's a pitch that resonates with customers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 9, 2009