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
Teradata explains the importance of appliances -- as both data warehouses and data marts -- and trumpets its Active EDW vision.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 11, 2009
With IQ 15, Sybase takes aim at columnar competitors ParAccel and Vertica -- as well as the teeming MPP appliance market.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 11, 2009
Appliance proponents aren't worried about SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse. Instead, they raise credible objections about Redmond's high-end DW push.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 4, 2009
Few predict an outright contraction in a DI segment that's been a hotbed of recent activity
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 4, 2009
Public sector shops deserve improved insight into their operational budgets, too, Oracle officials say
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 25, 2009
Microsoft says that SQL Server Fast Track systems can be pre-tested to scale to up to 32 TB -- at a claimed $13,000 per TB.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 25, 2009