Contents Under Pressure
by
Richard Winter and Kathy Auerbach
Terabytes of data, escalating workloads, and subsecond response to urgent requirements for business-critical information: Welcome to the realm of large database management. We analyze key trends in how organizations are meeting scalability challenges.
Service-Oriented Architecture, Part ll: Leveraging The Legacy
by
Robert Eisenberg
Expensive, dysfunctional integration stymies efforts to gain full value from generations of investment in application systems. By supporting end-to-end business processes, a service-oriented architecture (SOA) promises to bridge foreign software lands.
Departments
Data Pressure Cooker
by
David Stodder
Taking information richness for granted, strategic business applications tolerate few limits on IT scalability and agility.
Full Speed Ahead
by
Don Tapscott
Politics aside, economic reality is that offshoring is beneficial in the long run.
Building Bedrock
by
Mark Smith
Successful performance management hinges on strong integration and information management.
Coping With Growing Pains
by
Joy Mundy edited by Margy Ross
Your dimensional data mart is popular: Will you be ready once users clamor for more?
BI Scorecard: Excel Integration
by
Cindi Howson, BIScorecard
When choosing a business intelligence product, it's easy to skip over what many users care about most: Microsoft Excel integration.
Pipeline
by
Editors
New and noteworthy product releases, with a focus on data and information management.
Less With Less
by
Ram Reddy
Spend management is the latest supply-chain buzz - for good reason. But has the pendulum swung too far?
I Do Not Love You, Spam I Am
by
Ian Shoales
Spam wouldn't exist if at least some people didn't click...and find themselves wandering through a surrealistic world.
News & Analysis
by
Susana Schwartz & Mark Leon
Compliance and interoperability demands spark interest in metadata repositories... Database vendors incorporate BI to satisfy current customers - and move up the food chain to attract more clients.
