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Business Intelligence: Big Hopes for Big Data

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data is the rage.  But exactly what are people going to use it for? A recent survey by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) and reported in ComputerWorld by Jaikumar Vijayan categorized some of the most common ways people are

Data Virtualization: Better than Integration by ETL or Data WareHouses

By Dick Weisinger

By now you’ve heard of virtualization when applied to servers.  Server virtualization is the primary enabling technology for cloud computing.  Forrester Research and others are now talking about another kind of virtualization that has potential to further transform IT operations

Big Data: Cornerstone for the Next Wave of Change

By Dick Weisinger

It hasn’t even been 20 years since the Mosaix web browser ushered in dramatic change that consumerized the Internet and reshaped many industries.  In the 90’s rapid changes in software and technology were described as being done in ‘Internet Time’.

Cloud Computing: 2011 Will be the Year of Failures

By Dick Weisinger

Forrester is predicting that 2011 will turn out to be a year of Cloud Computing failure.  Hype and unrealistic expectations will lead many organizations to jump into the Cloud Computing fray before they are fully prepared, and that will lead

Business Intelligence: Gartner's Four Quadrants Shrinks to Two

By Dick Weisinger

The most recent report from Gartner, and available free courtesy of Oracle,  on the state of Business Intelligence (BI) shows a sort of two-winged butterfly effect in the distribution of companies across Gartner’s famous magic quadrant.  This was an effect