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11.23.2009
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11.19.2009 SAP announced yesterday that Microsoft supports SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (formerly known as OutlookSoft) as a "preferred solution"... It makes sense that Microsoft would prefer SAP BusinessObjects' product over others in that it runs on the Microsoft platform... Read more from Cindi Howson >> Text Mining: The Intersection of Content & BI 11.18.2009
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11.18.2009 There is plenty to be excited about in SP2010, especially if you belong to the SharePoint channel of resellers, consultants, developers, and system integrators... but I am starting to get the distinct impression that the SharePoint bubble is about to burst. Read more from Alan Pelz-Sharpe >> CEP for ETL: Next-Generation Tech for Low-Latency Data Warehousing 11.17.2009
Complex event processing (CEP) is the next big thing in data integration. At least that's the game plan at Microsoft and Informatica. And given that IBM and Oracle also have CEP available on their technology toolbelts, there's little doubt that success will breed more adaptations of CEP for low-latency data integration. Read more from Doug Henschen >>
11.16.2009 BI for the Masses is overused marketing-speak meant to suggest that Vendor X's break-out Product Y is going to enable/deliver business intelligence beyond the 15%-20% of knowledge workers who currently do BI. Well, I have my own notion of BI for the Masses, and it is NOT what it's typically claimed to be. What it is is illustrated by a couple of recent New York Times data visualizations... Read more from Seth Grimes >>
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