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Business Intelligence: Identifying Profitable Niches Updated: 2010-02-09 08:00:00 Description: Janet Kuster details why business intelligence is the tool your program managers need for visibility into your most profitable and unprofitable niches....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Text Analytics Opportunities and Challenges for 2010 Updated: 2010-02-08 08:00:00 Description: Based on interviews with various text analytics vendors, Seth Grimes provides the most important text-analytics technologies, solutions and market challenges for 2010. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tom Coffing, Coffing Data Warehousing Updated: 2010-02-08 14:00:00 Description: Tom Coffing explains how the Nexus allows business and technical users to integrate data across all databases....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ermis Sfakiyanudis, eTelemetry Updated: 2010-02-04 14:00:00 Description: Ermis Sfakiyanudis discusses how eTelemetry's products provide information leading to increased productivity, risk identification, reduced costs, greater E911 compliance, improved network efficiencies and insights into how people collaborate. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Requirements of the Data Delivery Platform Updated: 2010-02-04 08:00:00 Description: To avoid confusion and misconceptions with respect to the data delivery platform (DDP), Rick van der Lans lists the minimum requirements of a DDP-based business intelligence system. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Are You Kidding Me? Updated: 2010-02-04 08:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon is of the opinion that when it comes to software, you can have inexpensive or you can have complete, but you can't have both....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Role of Business Intelligence as a Business Enabler Updated: 2010-02-02 08:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise takes a look into the future of progressive business intelligence use....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Climate Change for Business Intelligence Leaders and Sponsors Updated: 2010-02-02 08:00:00 Description: Maureen Clarry emphasizes that creating a climate of urgency and combating complacency are key success factors for true leadership....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Cunningham, Indicee Updated: 2010-02-02 14:00:00 Description: Mark Cunningham discusses how Indicee provides a faster way to create reports, for people who are frustrated with cutting and pasting data into spreadsheets - users with no IT expertise, can combine data and set up reports in minutes by accessing Ind...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales and Marketing: Web 2.0 New York Updated: 2010-02-01 08:00:00 Description: Revenue models are circling and will land shortly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Social Media, Content, Structure and Wagging the Long Tail Updated: 2010-01-28 08:00:00 Description: David Loshin questions whether or not social media data has anything to contribute to business analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Corporate Data: A Brief History Updated: 2010-01-28 08:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon considers the role corporate data plays in making appropriate and timely decisions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Come and Get It! Making Business Intelligence More Consumable, Part 4 Updated: 2010-01-26 08:00:00 Description: Claudia Imhoff and Colin White conclude their 4-part series with this article that discusses a maturity model for evolving your current business intelligence environment to one that promotes and sustains information workers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Definition of the Data Delivery Platform Updated: 2010-01-21 08:00:00 Description: Rick van der Lans proposes an initial definition for the business intelligence architecture called the data delivery platform, explains its functionality and compares it to the corporate information factory and the data warehouse bus architecture....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Relevance Updated: 2010-01-21 08:00:00 Description: The recession, says Bill Inmon, may be the impetus technicians need to become relevant to their business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Enhancing Your Enterprise Reporting Arsenal with Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) Updated: 2010-01-20 08:00:00 Description: Formerly available only to sophisticated developers, explain Matt Caton and Steve Dine, MDX allows developers to satisfy a wider range of report requirements and utilize multidimensional sources for more than just ad hoc analysis. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ram Mohan, FusionOps Updated: 2010-01-20 14:00:00 Description: Ram Mohan discusses how FusionOps provides on-demand enterprise performance solutions that enable manufacturing companies to get immediate visibility into business performance and improve business performance through intelligent business process mana...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Importance of Being Accurate Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting: A Critical Business Process Updated: 2010-01-19 08:00:00 Description: Whether an organization is looking to create a performance management framework or if one already exists, Chris Colvin identifies changes that will improve the efficiency of the performance management team and enable organizations to react more quick...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Repositioning Information in the Organizational Psyche Updated: 2010-01-19 08:00:00 Description: Nancy Williams emphasizes that achieving true business intelligence (BI) requires a significant organizational paradigm shift, and she explains how organizations that are BI leaders differ from other organizations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Improve Top Line Revenue with the Right Customer Risk Analysis: Rethinking Customer Profiling after the Recession Updated: 2010-01-18 08:00:00 Description: Christina Rouse and Janet Kuster explain that it is possible for companies to profit despite the recent recession. They provide guidelines to follow as you evaluate your options....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jesse Davis, Progress DataDirect Updated: 2010-01-18 14:00:00 Description: Jesse Davis discusses how Progress DataDirect Connect family of database drivers and providers with Bulk Load improves and expands upon current methods for inserting mass amounts of data into a database as quickly as possible....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD January 2009 BeyePERSPECTIVE Topic: BI in Healthcare Updated: 2010-01-15 07:00:00 Description: Panelists discuss how BI can influence healthcare reform and improve the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of patient care; describe the current state of BI in healthcare and elaborate on the solutions that traditional BI tools could provide to ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence: The Trinity of User Adoption Updated: 2010-01-14 08:00:00 Description: The most consistent way to find a solid ROI for your business intelligence program is to have a solid base of users using the tool for everyday business decisions. Laura Madsen explains the importance ease of use, training and trust as components of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DAMA Updated: 2010-01-14 08:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon shares his concerns about the future of data administration....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ken Bero, Datawatch Updated: 2010-01-14 14:00:00 Description: Ken Bero discusses how Monarch V10.5 allows users the ability to create and export Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets containing the original source of the dataeliminating spreadsheet-induced uncertainty, reducing the audit cycle and easing compli...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Promise of Free Business Intelligence Updated: 2010-01-13 08:00:00 Description: Free business intelligence solutions may provide organizations with an easy entry point to business intelligence analytics and more data visibility, while giving vendors the advantage of a potential increase in market share....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tony Agresta, Centrifuge Systems Updated: 2010-01-12 14:00:00 Description: Tony Agresta discusses how Centrifuge provides technology that falls into the next generation BI category - Centrifuge's form of BI is called Interactive Analytics which is composed of three key components: interactive data visualization, unified d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What the Healthcare Reform Effort Needs is Better Business Intelligence Updated: 2010-01-11 08:00:00 Description: Decision making in health reform, as in so many other areas, will depend on how we can inform ourselves and our lawmakers about the facts. Dr. Barquin emphatically states that business intelligence tools and techniques need to be applied to this crit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sergei Ananyan, Megaputer Intelligence Updated: 2010-01-08 14:00:00 Description: Sergei Ananyan discusses how the Megaputer flagship text and data mining platform PolyAnalyst provides the foundation for a rapid development of custom analytic solutions addressing important business tasks in various application domains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales and Marketing: Feeling Frugal Updated: 2010-01-07 08:00:00 Description: Larry Goldman looks at web analytics and social media, describing free analytical tools for measuring online activity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Tale of Two People Updated: 2010-01-07 08:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon notes that one of the lessons to be learned from the recession is that people aligned with the business, as opposed to a technology, are more likely to be considered essential when a company is forced to make difficult layoff decisions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Operational Business Intelligence by Accident Updated: 2010-01-06 08:00:00 Description: Operational business intelligence should not be that complicated, says Rick van der Lans, provided that the correct architecture is set up for the data warehouse environment. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bob Lokken, WhiteCloud Analytics Updated: 2010-01-06 14:00:00 Description: Bob Lokken discusses how WhiteCloud Analytics focuses on BI services and solutions for hospitals and health systems that span clinical, financial and operational systems....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Developing Capabilities in Agile Business Intelligence Organizations Updated: 2010-01-05 17:00:00 Description: If you proactively lead the development of skills in your team by creating challenging work and enhancing skills, you will directly influence retention and job satisfaction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Irem Radzik of Oracle on Real-Time BI with Oracle GoldenGate Updated: 2010-01-04 07:00:00 Description: Irem Radzik, Director of Product Marketing talks about Oracles recently acquired product for real-time data integration, Oracle GoldenGate. She discusses the key reasons for implementing real-time BI solutions and provides customer examples....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sachin Chawla of Oracle on Acquisition of GoldenGate Software Updated: 2010-01-04 07:00:00 Description: Summary: Sachin Chawla, VP of Development for Oracle talks about the drivers behind Oracles acquisition of GoldenGate Software and how it fits into existing Oracle data integration products....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dr. Geoffrey P. Malafsky, Phasic Systems Inc Updated: 2010-01-04 14:00:00 Description: Geoffrey Malafsky discusses how DataStar is an integrated governance, quality, analytics and SOA services data management system - that simplifies MDM, streamlines semantic data quality and integration and produces trustworthy & accurate authorit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ryan Sauve, BI Builders Updated: 2009-12-28 14:00:00 Description: Ryan Sauve shares some successful applications of business intelligence, and sage advice on building a BI practice and avoiding pitfalls....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cultural Preparation and Adoption of a New Sales Performance Management System Doesnt Happen by Chance Updated: 2009-12-03 17:00:00 Description: The implementation of a new sales performance management system is monumental, and it is best to take some time at the onset of the process to prepare your organization for the change....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Compliance and the Recession Updated: 2009-12-03 17:00:00 Description: Basel II, says Bill Inmon, put to proper use, may have alerted banks to the subprime mortgage crisis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Clive Humby: Chairman of dunnhumby talks about SAND Technology Updated: 2009-12-04 07:00:00 Description: Clive Humby, Chairman and Co-founder of dunnhumby, talks about using SAND Technology for retail analytics on 350 million customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Five Steps to Keep an Organization from Fumbling Its Analytics Implementation Updated: 2009-12-07 14:00:00 Description: Royce Bell explains that organizations that can effectively address the five concerns addressed in this article and get to the point of having real-time analytic data drive their decision making will, as a result, make better and more timely decision...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Billy Bosworth, Quest Software Updated: 2009-12-08 14:00:00 Description: Billy Bosworth explains how Toad for Data Analysts is a multi-platform database tool for IT and business professionals who need to gather, investigate and report on data directly from almost any database or data source....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Performance Management in 2010, Part 1 Updated: 2009-12-08 17:00:00 Description: Business performance management, which uses business intelligence tools to convert data from transactional systems into meaningful and actionable information, is expanding beyond its core foundation into management reporting, predictive analytics, pr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD For Text Data Quality, Focus on Sources Updated: 2009-12-09 17:00:00 Description: Seth Grimes discusses emerging best practices for selection and processing of text sources that can lead to better text data quality....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD December 2009 show topics: BI high and low points for the year, self-service BI, the impact of data virtualization and eCommerce during this holiday season Updated: 2009-12-10 07:00:00 Description: The panelists engage in a lively discussion of current trends in BI, whether self-service BI is a myth or a reality, ways to use data virtualization to improve data warehouse effectiveness and the reasons for an increase in online shopping (as well a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scott Staples, MindTree Updated: 2009-12-10 14:00:00 Description: Scott Staples explains how MindTrees Knowledge Services business provides a one-stop-shop for all of their clients' data-specific needs including data management, data services, analytics and business intelligence. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Last Mile in Data Governance Updated: 2009-12-10 17:00:00 Description: The effectiveness of every data governance and stewardship initiative rests on the entire organizations awareness and willingness to help. Frank Dravis explains why every data governance initiative requires a public relations and education componen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Logical Arguments and Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-12-14 17:00:00 Description: Richard Herschel uses the Toulmin Model of Argumentation (or Toulmin Logic) to frame business intelligence arguments to insure that they are being made in a logical manner....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Come and Get it! Making Business Intelligence More Consumable, Part 3 Updated: 2009-12-15 17:00:00 Description: Recent innovations in six areas of technology can significantly impact the overall business intelligence deployments in terms of performance, scalability and low cost. Claudia Imhoff and Colin White provide a guide to help you understand how these ad...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Customer Analytics Updated: 2009-12-17 17:00:00 Description: The starting point for a customer analytics program, says David Loshin, should focus on four conceptual value areas: decreasing costs, increasing revenue, maximizing productivity and establishing trust. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Modern Gothic Tale Updated: 2009-12-17 17:00:00 Description: Moving from one release of VB.NET to another can be a huge challenge. Bill Inmon recounts his recent experience....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bruce Williams, Software AG Updated: 2009-12-18 14:00:00 Description: Bruce Williams discusses the rise of the process paradigm....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Master Data Management Checklist #5: Data Quality Mechanics Updated: 2009-10-29 17:00:00 Description: David Loshin reminds us that because master data management (MDM) is firmly rooted in data quality techniques, it is necessary to arm yourselves with the most appropriate tools for the job....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What a Data Warehouse is Not Updated: 2009-10-29 17:00:00 Description: What IS a data warehouse? Once and for all, Bill Inmon hopes to set the record straight....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tracking the Elusive Key Performance Indicator Updated: 2009-10-22 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon gives the reasons for key performance indicator (KPI) restlessness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rami Ghandour, Industry Intelligence Inc. Updated: 2009-10-26 14:00:00 Description: Rami Ghandour explains how Industry Intelligence delivers must-have information to people and businesses when and where they need it, resulting in increased corporate profitability and optimizeddecision-making....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Come and Get it! Making Business Intelligence More Consumable Updated: 2009-10-27 17:00:00 Description: Business intelligence (BI) users are faced with problems on a scale hardly imagined just a few years ago. Responding to these problems requires an understanding of who the information workers are, what technologies work best for them and how to chang...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Greg Moore of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:22:00 Description: Greg Moore, Solution Director of Demand & Supply Chain Solutions at Teradata, talks about why demand and supply chain management is so critical for retailers given the current economic situation. Greg also describes time-phased replenishment and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Budzinski of WhereScape USA and Dan Mosher of United Rentals Updated: 2009-10-20 07:23:00 Description: Mark Budzinski, Vice President and General Manager at WhereScape USA, talks about the value proposition that WhereScape RED brings to the data warehouse development process. Dan Mosher, Director of Enterprise Data Warehousing at United Rentals, descr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paul Barsch and Ashar Naseer of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:25:00 Description: Paul Barsch, Global Services Marketing at Teradata, and Ashar Naseer, Solution Sales Manager at Terdata, explain managed services and describe how Teradata differs from other managed services providers. They also share stories of innovative solutions...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rebecca Bucnis of Teradata and Christian Howes of Webtrends Updated: 2009-10-21 07:00:00 Description: Rebecca Bucnis, Program Director of Customer Management Solutions for Teradata, explains why Teradata is so focused on web intelligence, and Christian Howes, Digital Solutions Architect for Webtrends, provides examples of how customers have effective...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Linda Crow of Hallmark Cards, Inc. Updated: 2009-10-21 07:00:00 Description: Linda Crow, Senior Applications Analyst at Hallmark Cards, Inc., shares how they combine Teradata Customer Management (CRM) with their Teradata warehouse and print on demand technology for their consumer marketing efforts. She also describes the bene...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rebecca Bucnis of Teradata and Malcolm Duckett of Speed-Trap Updated: 2009-10-21 07:00:00 Description: Rebecca Bucnis, Program Director of Customer Management Solutions of Teradata, explains that today consumers are really interactive and because of that there is a great opportunity to learn and see so much more about consumers in order to truly under...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bijan Olfati of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-21 07:01:00 Description: The biggest challenges facing risk and finance officers today are described by Bijan Olfati, Program Director - Capital Markets and Compliance, Teradata Global Industry Solutions. Bijan also offers advice on how capital markets firms can best positio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paul Barrett of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-21 07:02:00 Description: Paul Barrett, Director of Global Industry Solutions at Teradata, examines the importance and the value proposition of integrating online and offline data. He also shares what Teradata is investing in this space....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ernie Loomis of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-21 07:03:00 Description: Ernie Loomis, Director - Industry Logical Data Models at Teradata, explains the "LDM Unification" project and what it means for LDM subscribers and for new LDM clients....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peeter Kivestu of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-21 07:04:00 Description: Peeter Kivestu, Global Industry Solutions, Travel, Transportation & Government at Teradata, describes event-based marketing (EBM) and why it is used in the travel industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ed Dupee of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-21 07:05:00 Description: Ed Dupee, Vice President, Global Industry Solutions at Teradata, recounts the key areas that retailers should pay attention to in this economy and describes the types of technology that retailers are leveraging or should leverage to support these are...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Martin Redington and Neil Thomson of Microgen Updated: 2009-10-20 07:15:00 Description: Martin Redington, Director of Microgen, and Neil Thomson, CTO of Microgen, explain the business problems that Microgen helps it customers solve. They explain the concept of an accounting hub and also describe how their customers benefit from Microgen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ron Swift of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:16:00 Description: Ron Swift, VP of Industry Solutions at Teradata, talks about what companies are doing with business intelligence and provides specific case examples that drive greater profitability, stability or customer retention. Ron also explains the FOUR "C's" a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dave Schrader from Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:17:00 Description: Dave Schrader, Director of Marketing and Strategy at Teradata, shares new stories about customers who are "going active" using Teradata....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jim Eades of Symantec Updated: 2009-10-20 07:18:00 Description: Jim Eades, Senior Account Manager at Symantec, addresses the question of why the leaders in data warehousing and data protection (Symantec/Veritas) are teaming up and explains the advanced data protection capabilities that Symantec and Teradata/BAR d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michael Goul from Arizona State University Updated: 2009-10-20 07:20:30 Description: Michael Goul, Professor at Arizona State University, shares how Teradata University Network plays a role in preparing the next generation of business intelligence analysts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Todd Osborne of Sun Microsystems Updated: 2009-10-20 07:21:00 Description: Todd Osborne, Director of Systems OEM Sales at Sun Microsystems, explains the BAR zone and the role Sun Microsytems has with BAR. He also talks about the innovative storage technologies that Sun is working on and about Sun's relationship with Teradat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cloud Computing for the Enterprise Updated: 2009-10-21 17:00:00 Description: In Cyrus Golkar's interview with Chet Kapoor, Kapoor insists that now is the time for cloud computing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jane Griffin of Deloitte Consulting Updated: 2009-10-20 07:04:00 Description: Jane Griffin, Principal and Information Management Service Line Leader at Deloitte Consulting, talks about data warehousing and business intelligence challenges, and she describes the key benefits customers can realize from joint Deloitte Consulting/...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ashish Verma of Deloitte Consulting Updated: 2009-10-20 07:05:00 Description: Ashish Verma, Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting, provides an overview of Deloitte Consulting and talks about the areas where Deloitte is collaborating with Teradata....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shaun Connolly of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:06:00 Description: Shaun Connolly, Program Director of Global Industry Solutions at Teradata, talks about the importance of customer data integration (CDI) and the CDI component of Teradata's master data management solution. In addition, Shaun explains why CDI is so im...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jeff Johnson of Attensity Corporation Updated: 2009-10-20 07:07:00 Description: Jeff Johnson, Vice President, Americas at Attensity Corporation, describes the value that Attensity's partnership with Teradata brings to the market and provides a deployment example of a joint Teradata/Attensity solution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don Murray of Safe Software Inc. Updated: 2009-10-20 07:08:00 Description: Don Murray, President of Safe Software, provides an overview of the company and its solutions. He also explains how their approach differs from the approaches of other software companies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barb Wixom from the University of Virginia Updated: 2009-10-20 07:08:31 Description: Barb Wixom, Associate Professor at University of Virginia, gives an update on the Teradata University Network and talks about the upcoming BI Congress....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Julianna DeLua of Informatica Updated: 2009-10-20 07:09:00 Description: Julianna DeLua, Enterprise Solutions Manager at Informatica, talks about what Informatica does for master data management (MDM) and enterprise data warehousing. She provides a customer example and describes the key success factors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Monica Smith of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:10:00 Description: Monica Smith, Senior Program Director of Global Industry Solutions for Government at Teradata, shares why analytics are so important for global governments today, and she provides examples of how Teradata is assisting government agencies and departme...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Malcolm Duckett of Speed-Trap Updated: 2009-10-20 07:11:00 Description: Malcolm Duckett, Vice President of Marketing at Speed-Trap, shares a typical example of a Speed-Trap and Teradata solution and explains the key benefits customers can realize from such joint solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marc Rueter of Tableau Updated: 2009-10-20 07:12:00 Description: Marc Rueter, Director of Consulting at Tableau, explains how Tableau helps DBAs and IT staff leverage their Teradata investment, and he describes what is required to deploy Tableau....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aaron Raines of Teradata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:13:00 Description: Aaron Raines, Program Director of Global Industry Solutions at Teradata, describes Teradata's recently announced demand chain software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. He also talks about Teradata's partnership with Silk Route Global and the key benefit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lance Miller and Gary Richard of Terdata Updated: 2009-10-20 07:14:00 Description: Lance Miller, Vice President of Global Services Marketing at Teradata, and Gary Richard, Senior Solution Architect at Teradata, explain the small system elements of the Teradata product family and describe the types of companies that successfully use...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yves de Montcheuil, Talend Updated: 2009-10-20 14:00:00 Description: Yves de Montcheuil discusses how Talend's master data management solutions provide organizations with the ability to define and maintain a "single version of the truth" for all their mission-critical reference data. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Practical Approaches to Data Quality Management in Business Intelligence and Performance Management Updated: 2009-10-20 17:00:00 Description: John Thuma explains how fixing data quality at the source will enable businesses to grow, scale and reduce risk. Data quality management also means fewer silos, less reliance on expensive human talent and much less uncertainty....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Easy Way for Mid-Market Companies to Get into the Business Intelligence Game Updated: 2009-10-20 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise looks at the proliferation of dashboard use and the concept of using dashboards as a bridge between operational solutions and insight into business practices and data....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gwen Thomas of The Data Governance Institute Updated: 2009-10-06 21:45:00 Description: Gwen Thomas, President of The Data Governance Institute, talks about the next big technology trend taking place in data governance and shares how to solve data governance challenges....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joyce Norris-Montanari of DBTech Solutions Updated: 2009-10-06 22:00:00 Description: Joyce Norris-Montanari, President of DBTech Solutions, discusses the effect of the economic downturn on software purchases and shares her specific approach to helping customers find a solution to satisfy their requirements....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Katie Fabiszak of DataFlux Updated: 2009-10-06 22:40:00 Description: Katie Fabiszak, Vice President of Marketing at DataFlux, shares customer success stories and explains why DataFlux has become the leader in data quality and data integration....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Frank Jaschinski of PPL Updated: 2009-10-06 23:15:00 Description: Frank Jaschinski, Director of IT at PPL, explains how PPL works with DataFlux, and he describes the most challenging aspect of rolling out a data management strategy for customers today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scott Gidley of DataFlux Updated: 2009-10-06 23:30:00 Description: Scott Gidley, Senior Director of Research and Development at DataFlux, reveals the most impressive change that he's witnessed since he co-founded the company. He also describes Project Unity and explains why it gives DataFlux a competitive advantage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Allen of Sun Microsystems Updated: 2009-10-06 23:45:00 Description: Mark Allen, Program Manager and Customer Data Steward at Sun Microsystems, describes the key business drivers for using DataFlux at Sun....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tony Fisher of DataFlux Updated: 2009-10-07 00:30:00 Description: The most exciting developments in the marketplace today are described by Tony Fisher, President and CEO of DataFlux. Tony also talks about what the upcoming Unity product release means for DataFlux and its customers. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Master Data Management and the Challenge of Reality Updated: 2009-10-07 11:00:00 Description: Malcolm Chisholm reminds us that records cannot be created in the absence of governance with the expectation that theycan be matched up later....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bruce McIndoe and Richard Murnane of iJET International Updated: 2009-10-07 16:45:00 Description: Bruce McIndoe, President, and Richard Murnane, Manager of Enterprise Data Operations, of iJET International share their thoughts on data management trends and challenges....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Daniel Teachey of DataFlux Updated: 2009-10-07 17:00:00 Description: Daniel Teachey, Senior Director of Marketing for DataFlux, discusses the changes he has seen at DataFlux and at the IDEAS events over the years, and the marketing impact of the new data quality and data integration platform that is on the horizon for...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Elad Israeli, SiSense Updated: 2009-09-28 14:00:00 Description: Elad Israeli discusses how SiSense's flagship product, PrismCubed, is a BI platform that can be used by non-programmers to create any type of report, dashboard or analysis in days, rather than months. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Extremes of Web Analytics: From Google to BAM and Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-09-29 17:00:00 Description: In this article, Colin White reviews technologies and tools for producing web analytics and looks at how these analytics can be integrated into the enterprise business intelligence environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bob Abernethy, Strategy Companion Corporation Updated: 2009-09-30 14:00:00 Description: Bob Abernethy discusses how Analyzer is a proven solution for large-scale, enterprise-wide mission-critical BI deployments, and unlocks the value of SQL Server's Analysis Services OLAP engine,making the cubed data easily accessible to non-technical b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Textual Discovery and Textual Analysis Updated: 2009-09-24 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon discusses the symbiotic relationship between textual discovery and analysis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Fout, Aquilent Updated: 2009-09-10 14:00:00 Description: David Fout discusses how Aquilent delivers Web-based solutions for the federal government....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healthcare Electronic Records Technology and Government Funding: Improving Patient Care? Updated: 2009-09-09 17:00:00 Description: To be sure, the adoption of electronic health records systems isn't a cure-all for the healthcare industry's ills. The up-front costs of adoption are significant and there is risk of failure. However, Sue Hildreth points out that adoption of this tec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD August 2009 Show Topics: The SPSS and GoldenGate acquisitions, Netezza's TwinFin and stories about Cloud Computing Updated: 2009-09-04 07:00:00 Description: The experts talked about two recent purchases in the industry: GoldenGate by Oracle and SPSS by IBM. They also discuss whether Netezza's TwinFin is a game-changing product and talk about companies who are using cloud computing technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Llewellyn, Kognitio Updated: 2009-09-08 14:00:00 Description: Roger Llewellyn discusses how Kognitio develops WX2 - a scalable, software-only, in-memory, analytical database that is ideal for high-speed data analytics and data warehousing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arvind Handu, Datavibes, Inc. Updated: 2009-09-03 14:00:00 Description: Arvind Handu discusses how Datavibes is a business intelligence and analytics consulting firm that has helps companies leverage their data assets for making insightful and fact-based decisions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The 2-Month Data Model Updated: 2009-09-03 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon reminds us that the construction of a data model does not have to be a lengthy and costly process....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Measuring Intangibles: Breaking Down Analytic Barriers Updated: 2009-09-03 17:00:00 Description: Often, companies measure what is easy to measure rather than what is really needed for effective analytics. Dave Wells provides a comprehensive explanation of why it is necessary to change the focus from measuring outcomes to measuring influences....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nate Coate, Key Performance Ideas Updated: 2009-09-01 14:00:00 Description: Nate Coate discusses how Key Peformance Ideas, can help you create and realize a vision of how EPM and BI technology solutions can help you better understand and operate your business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence: Build or Buy - Considerations for Healthcare Organizations Updated: 2009-09-01 17:00:00 Description: Laura Madsen looks the important factors that healthcare organizations need to consider as they decide whether their business intelligence will be of the "build" or "buy" variety....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In-Store Video Business Intelligence for Casinos/Resorts Updated: 2009-09-01 17:00:00 Description: Al Cordoba describes the myriad of ways that an in-store business intelligence and decision support system can provide an open, flexible and future-proof system at a fraction of the cost of in-store observation studies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ron Hildebrandt, Enkata Updated: 2009-08-31 14:00:00 Description: Ron Hildebrandt explains how Enkata strives to help companies maximize the value of every customer contact....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Important Benchmark for Federal Knowledge Management Updated: 2009-08-18 17:00:00 Description: Ramon Barquin describes how the Knowledge Management Conference has become the premier forum for knowledge management in the public sector....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gathering the Best Business Requirements to Help Ensure Business Intelligence Success, Part 2 Updated: 2009-08-18 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise examines how mid-market companies can take advantage of internal business analysts, external consultants or vendor services....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Cloud Computing Tsunami Updated: 2009-08-19 17:00:00 Description: Cyrus Golkar looks at the impact of cloud computing and the associated effects on data centers, IT organizations, cloud computing organizations, software-as-a-service vendors, infrastructure vendors and application software vendors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Incorporating Business Intelligence in the Cloud Updated: 2009-08-19 17:00:00 Description: With the backdrop of today's tough economy, cloud computing is poised to change the economics of business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stacy Hayes, DS3 DataVaulting Updated: 2009-08-20 14:00:00 Description: Stacy Hayes discusses the term business continuity/disaster mitigation (BCDM), which encompasses a full range of data management capabilities....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Master Data Management Checklist #4: Data Governance Updated: 2009-08-20 17:00:00 Description: The issues relating to oversight of data quality, says David Loshin, must be considered as a prerequisite to installing master data management software so that when you have begun to merge data sets, you are not surprised by the results....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Specific and Generic Textual References Updated: 2009-08-20 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon explains how with textual data, taxonomies are applied against raw text to create a structuring of data that serves to address the issues of terminology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Catterall, Catterall Consulting Updated: 2009-08-24 14:00:00 Description: Robert Catterall discusses how Catterall Consulting is focused on one overarching goal: to help organizations effectively leverage DB2 technology to achieve business objectives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Francis Carden, OpenSpan Updated: 2009-08-24 14:00:00 Description: Francis explains how OpenSpan enables enterprises to improve visibility and control over business processes that span one or more desktop applications....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Team Structure Phase Alignment Updated: 2009-08-24 17:00:00 Description: One of the keys to success in delivering a complex business intelligence solution is to have the right people with the right mix of skills, experience and capabilities at the appropriate times in the engagement life cycle. Todd Saunders provides tips...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Database Technology for the Web: Part 3 - Hadoop Updated: 2009-08-25 17:00:00 Description: In his continuing series on database technology for the Web, Colin White looks at Hadoop, concluding that while it is not an alternative to a relational DBMS for many enterprise applications, it is useful for certain specialized data-intensive applic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drew Rockwell, Martin Dawes Analytics Updated: 2009-08-26 14:00:00 Description: Drew Rockwell discusses how Martin Dawes Analytics delivers data analytic software to help their customers generate increased cash from their internal operations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence and Decision-Making Issues Updated: 2009-08-26 17:00:00 Description: Richard Herschel explains that despite the business intelligence goal of evidenced-based decision making, the deck can be stacked against it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Information Quality Management as a Business Management Tool Updated: 2009-08-27 17:00:00 Description: Larry English reminds us that learning and applying the principles with the proven quality management tools described in this article will enable your enterprise to begin the transformation to an effective - and sustainable - information quality cult...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dr. Steven Armentrout, Parabon Computation Updated: 2009-08-28 07:00:00 Description: Dr. Steven Armentrout discusses how the Frontier Grid Platform aggregates the computational capacity of existing IT resources and delivers it as a flexible and scalable utility service....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales and Marketing: Trends in Media Updated: 2009-07-06 08:00:00 Description: Larry Goldman writes about a recent conference where it was evident that innovative uses of customer information are starting to impress advertisers, and the ability to leverage Web 2.0 and benchmark your content against your competitors is a reality...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matthew Busch, UC4 Software Inc. Updated: 2009-07-06 14:00:00 Description: Matthew Busch discusses UC4 Software's complete workload automation solutions, unbeaten in breadth of infrastructure coverage and depth of application integration and supported by unparalleled 24x7 professional services worldwide....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Book Review of The Data Model Resource Book Updated: 2009-07-02 08:00:00 Description: Steve Hoberman reviews Volume 3 of The Data Model Resource Book series....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brian Hartlen, Varicent Updated: 2009-07-02 14:00:00 Description: Brian Hartlen explains how Varicent sales performance management delivers a single application that allows sales organizations to see how they are performing and being compensated - quickly, efficiently and accurately....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Predicting the Future Updated: 2009-06-25 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon reminds us that predicting the future is a very worthwhile activity if it can actually be done with any degree of accuracy, and he reviews the various approaches that can be used....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Master Data Management Checklist #2: Organizational Preparation Updated: 2009-06-25 17:00:00 Description: David Loshin's first checklist focused on identifying the business processes whose success was impeded by the absence of a unified view of master data, or that could be significantly improved by master data consolidation. This checklist centers on re...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Houle,Quantrix Updated: 2009-06-26 14:00:00 Description: Chris Houle explains how the combined DataNAV and Quantrix Modeler solution represents a practical and easily deployed alternative to the widespread yet highly problematic practice of pairing of spreadsheets with BI tools for corporate business analy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Franz Aman, SAP Updated: 2009-06-29 14:00:00 Description: Franz Aman explains how SAP BusinessObjects Explorer brings together search and navigation capabilities from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio with SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator software, enabling customers to navigate mountains of business data at th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joydeep Das, Sybase Updated: 2009-06-30 14:00:00 Description: Joydeep Das discusses how Sybase IQ is a highly optimized analytics server designed specifically to deliver faster results for mission-critical business intelligence, data warehouse and reporting solutions on any standard hardware and operating syste...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Data Governance and Playing Whack-a-Mole Updated: 2009-07-01 08:00:00 Description: Taking inspiration and lessons from the recent Data Governance Conference, Steve Palmer describes a few critical things that can be done to transform the data "mess" that exists in many organizations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Introducing Principles-Based Data Governance Updated: 2009-07-01 11:00:00 Description: A principles-based data governance approach will seek to replace poor existing principles with better ones and empower stakeholders to implement them without prescribing how it should be done. Malcolm Chisholm explains how this will avoid creating bu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Recipe for Success Updated: 2009-06-16 17:00:00 Description: Steve Palmer emphasizes the importance of a well-coordinated collaborative approach for business intelligence implementation success....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Defining and Using Key Performance Drivers Updated: 2009-06-17 17:00:00 Description: John Colbert describes how key performance indicators and key performance drivers enable organizations to make sound operational decisions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Performance Management in Turbulent Times Updated: 2009-06-17 17:00:00 Description: John Colbert provides an overview of the results of BPM Partners' annual BPM Pulse Survey that monitored performance management market perceptions, strategic initiative interest and vendor satisfaction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Rich, DataQualityFirst Inc. Updated: 2009-06-18 14:00:00 Description: Robert Rich explains how PartyQualityInsight automatically transforms account data from across the enterprise into a customer centric view of who you do business with and the relationships between them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pet Peeves Updated: 2009-06-18 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon shares issues he has with software vendors and network reconfigurations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What Is So Different About Business Intelligence Today? Updated: 2009-06-18 17:00:00 Description: Shaku Atre provides insight into why business intelligence is now a necessity, not a luxury....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tom Hammergren, Balanced Insight Updated: 2009-06-22 14:00:00 Description: Tom Hammergren explains how Consensus allows customers to swiftly build the infrastructure to facilitate a productive dialog between business leaders and technical delivery personnel to connect users with information and accelerate the delivery of BI...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scott Opitz, Altosoft Updated: 2009-06-22 14:00:00 Description: Scott Opitz explains why Altosoft developed a business intelligence solution on the premise that there must be a better way for organizations to take advantage of their business data....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 7 Highly Elegant Business Intelligence Applications for Healthcare Payers Updated: 2009-06-23 17:00:00 Description: Laura Madsen describes 7 ways that healthcare payers can use business intelligence to improve revenue, efficiency and process....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cracking the Code: Capture, Analysis and Utilization of Customer Information Updated: 2009-06-23 17:00:00 Description: Leslie Ament reminds us that use of marketing science and information analysis services has moved beyond a competitive advantage for companies that seek to grow aggressively. It has become necessary to stay in the game....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business and IT Communication Stumbling Blocks to Successful Business Intelligence Deployments Updated: 2009-06-23 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise explains why the ability to communicate effectively with various departments within the organization is an important aspect to getting the most out of a business intelligence environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sun's Open Business Analytics Solution Updated: 2009-06-24 12:00:00 Description: This podcast focuses on focusing on some recent developments coming out of Sun, concerning hardware and open source software applications, targeting business intelligence and data warehousing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Donna Burbank, CA ERwin Updated: 2009-06-24 14:00:00 Description: Donna Burbank explains how CA ERwin Data Modeler supports organizations in designing data models that support both high-level business needs and implementation-level database design and deployment on a wide range of platforms....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Database Technology for the Web: Part 1 - The MapReduce Debate Updated: 2009-06-24 17:00:00 Description: Colin White weighs in on the MapReduce debate, reviewing this technology and describing its pros and cons....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD June 2009 Show Topics: Growth in the BI industry, Business Analytics vs Business Intelligence, and a Summer Reading list Updated: 2009-06-24 19:01:40 Description: The group comments on a recent Gartner report stating a 22% growth in business intelligence, explains the difference between business analytics and business intelligence and puts together a summer reading list....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 7 Highly Elegant Business Intelligence Applications for Healthcare Providers Updated: 2009-05-19 17:00:00 Description: Scott Wanless describes 7 business intelligence applications that add value at any time, in any economy, at any level of the organization, for any size or type of healthcare organization, and are visible and valuable across the organization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Enabling Collaboration Updated: 2009-05-19 17:00:00 Description: Dr. Barquin looks at a recent paper by the National Academy of Public Administration and the implications it contains for business intelligence professionals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Realization: An Agile Answer Updated: 2009-05-19 17:00:00 Description: Steve Palmer explains that the full benefits of business intelligence are often not realized by an enterprise, and he provides an insightful explanation for that failure....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD KPIs and Unstructured Data Updated: 2009-05-21 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon explains how the issue of KPIs poses some real issues and challenges once unstructured data is introduced into the data warehouse....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Master Data Management Success Factors - A Checklist Updated: 2009-05-21 17:00:00 Description: David Loshin begins a series of articles that will provide checklists that can be used to identify certain risk factors that may prevent the successful implementation of master data management....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Different Kinds of Data Warehouses Updated: 2009-05-14 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon explains that there are two basic kinds of data warehouses for text that has been passed through the textual ETL process....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD RFM: A Precursor to Data Mining Updated: 2009-05-14 17:00:00 Description: Jim Stafford explains that RFM, business intelligence and data mining represent a common progression away from mass marketing as marketing efforts become more analytically based and targeted....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Different Flavors of Design - The Data Vault Updated: 2009-05-14 17:00:00 Description: Chuck Kelley provides a brief introduction to the data vault technique developed by Dan Linstedt....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What Happened to Understanding the Value of Data Quality? Updated: 2009-05-12 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise emphasizes the importance of maintaining data quality in order to get to get the most value out of business intelligence solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mastering Data Management in Health and Life Sciences Updated: 2009-05-12 17:00:00 Description: Greg Nelson outlines the benefits of a good master data management strategy, talks about the challenges that organizations have to overcome and concludes with a brief discussion on the ROI that is achievable if successful....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Flaws of the Classic Data Warehouse Architecture, Part 3 Updated: 2009-05-12 17:00:00 Description: Rick van der Lans describes the relationship between the data delivery platform and ETL tools, EII tools, the virtual data warehouse and service-oriented architectures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leading Change in Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-05-12 17:00:00 Description: Maureen Clarry explains that the potential for adoption of business intelligence can be improved by using a framework to manage the people dimension of change....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On-Demand Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-05-13 17:00:00 Description: John Colbert provides a fresh look at on-demand solutions as an alternative to traditional deployment approaches for performance management and business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overspending on Business Performance Management Updated: 2009-05-13 17:00:00 Description: Craig Schiff describes the seemingly innocuous decisions that can cause companies to incur unnecessary costs when purchasing business performance management solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fixing a Broken Government in the Information Age Updated: 2009-05-13 17:00:00 Description: Larry English describes why the federal government needs accurate, complete and timely information to identify root causes of defects and to improve business and information processes in order to work effectively....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales Performance Management and How it Affects Your Bottom Line Updated: 2009-05-05 17:00:00 Description: Susan Major discusses incentive compensation - one of the key elements that has a direct effect on the bottom line impact of sales revenue....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Telecommunications: Recovery Driver or Luxury Expense? Updated: 2009-05-05 17:00:00 Description: John Myers talks about where telecommunications falls on the "hierarchy" of needs in this economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Introduction to Lean Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-05-05 17:00:00 Description: Steve Dine begins a series of articles on Lean Business Intelligence with this article that provides an introduction to how it can help deliver more value with existing resources....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rethinking Definition Updated: 2009-05-06 11:00:00 Description: Malcolm Chisholm explains that acknowledging definitions have to be captured rather than gathered, and that they can be continuously improved, will make them more valuable to the enterprise over time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trends in SAP Business Warehousing Updated: 2009-05-07 17:00:00 Description: Lou Agosta looks at firms with highly heterogeneous data, only a fraction of which is in SAP; at global firms with dozens and dozens of SAP instances; and at data warehouse appliance opportunities. His article discusses how these three trends play ou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inmon's Hierarchy of Needs for Information Technology, Part 2 Updated: 2009-05-07 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon completes his series on Inmon's hierarchy of needs for information technology with a look at how the hierarchy of needs is evident in the attitudes and practices of the world of technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Capability Model for Business Analytics, Part 1 Updated: 2009-04-28 17:00:00 Description: Dave Wells explains a capability model is required to describe or quantify analytic capability in any meaningful way. This article, the first in a series, provides a top-level view of a capability model for business analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Now is the Time: An ROI for Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-04-28 17:00:00 Description: Laura Madsen reviews the ROI analysis for business intelligence and provides tips on finding the hidden value of business intelligence (BI) in your organization, measuring the intangible aspects of BI, and positioning the discussion on value in the c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Future Role of Business Intelligence within the Global Financial Community Updated: 2009-04-28 17:00:00 Description: Michael Brooks looks at the recent financial crisis and suggests that we need a fundamental shift in the use of business intelligence that will allow us to react faster and anticipate changes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inmon's Hierarchy of Needs for Information Technology, Part 1 Updated: 2009-04-30 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon begins a discussion on Inmon's hierarchy of needs for information technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales and Marketing: Why Do We Care About Lead Management? Updated: 2009-04-14 17:00:00 Description: Larry Goldman explains that as organizations develop their strategies to react to the economy, one thing is clear: every opportunity counts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On Performance Updated: 2009-04-14 17:00:00 Description: Shock after shock over $15,000 toilet seats, trillion dollar deficits and a tragically impressive collection of failed federal programs became the drivers for a federal Chief Performance Officer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence New Team Member Orientation Updated: 2009-04-14 17:00:00 Description: Todd Saunders provides advice for getting a new resource ramped up and productive as quickly as possible....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Turning Point for Business Performance Management? Updated: 2009-04-15 17:00:00 Description: Craig Schiff explains that lack of proper planning definitely impacts the chances of success - and may cause some to view business performance management negatively....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Growing Short-Term Business Intelligence Solutions into Long-Term Success Updated: 2009-04-16 17:00:00 Description: In this article, Chris Colvin describes how organizations implement a long-term business intelligence solution that delivers ROI earlier in the development life cycle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Data Degradation Updated: 2009-04-16 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon explores data degradation or data corrosion including definition of the term and examples....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Different Flavors of Design for Business Intelligence Databases Updated: 2009-04-16 17:00:00 Description: Chuck Kelley looks at some of the different approaches to designing databases for business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today's "Analytic Applications" - Misnamed and Mistargeted Updated: 2009-04-21 17:00:00 Description: Merv Adrian marks the launch of his BeyeNETWORK expert channel with this article that discusses the marketplace impacts of the transition to the next generation business analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From Cave Paintings to CNN: The Quest for Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-04-21 17:00:00 Description: The way information is communicated in the 21st century has changed, and Steve Palmer recommends a new approach for delivering business intelligence solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Practical Steps for Small and Mid-Sized Companies Adopting Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-04-21 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise offers suggestions about how mid-sized companies can get the ball rolling and embark on the road to a business intelligence environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Closed-Loop Business Intelligence: Reality or Simply Another Buzzword? Updated: 2009-04-22 17:00:00 Description: Colin White explores closed-loop business intelligence and explains that effective decision making requires more than simply giving business users more information....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Green Technology Infrastructure Updated: 2009-04-23 07:00:00 Description: Technology is consuming an increasing share of the energy pie. Rick Abbott looks at how technology and business intelligence products are helping to reduce our country's overall energy consumption....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Book Review of The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Updated: 2009-04-23 17:00:00 Description: Given the ongoing economic dynamics, the series of scandals coming out of the business community, and the always tenuous level of integrity (in any sense of the word) in Congress, Lou Agosta's recommendation is to run, not walk, to get this book....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Evolution and Technology: Data Warehouse Infrastructure Updated: 2009-04-23 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon discusses how the classical data warehouse infrastructure vendors have become "dinosaurs" by not following the traditional evolutionary path....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Market Outlook for Text Analytics Updated: 2009-04-23 17:00:00 Description: Seth Grimes takes a broad look at the market outlook for text analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Data Categorization Imperative Updated: 2009-04-01 11:00:00 Description: Data categorization seems to be a path that data management professionals will be increasingly following in the coming years. Besides the utility of the approach, the fusion - at last - of conceptual and logical perspectives is especially satisfying....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Flaws of the Classic Data Warehouse Architecture, Part 2 Updated: 2009-04-01 11:00:00 Description: Part 1 of this series described and summarized the flaws of the classic data warehouse architecture with respect to demands and requirements. In this article, Rick van der Lans introduces a new architecture called the data delivery platform....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nonlinear Data Warehousing Updated: 2009-04-02 17:00:00 Description: Metadata, master data, and correlation of data warehousing information are on the critical path to transforming data warehousing into a nonlinear approach to business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Book Review: Advanced Data Warehouse Design Updated: 2009-04-02 17:00:00 Description: Advanced Data Warehouse Design is a comprehensive theoretical work on data warehousing with several features that make it a must-have for students and practitioners....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence in Health and Life Sciences Updated: 2009-04-07 17:00:00 Description: Greg Nelson challenges us to start thinking differently about clever data presentation and create a clear path forward for bringing the intelligence back to health and life sciences and, ultimately, to improve time to decision....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Championing Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-04-07 17:00:00 Description: Richard Herschel describes his latest project in his continuing campaign to better inform others about what business intelligence should be and the role it should perform in organizations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adding the Environmental Context to Customer Analytics Updated: 2009-04-07 17:00:00 Description: The industry examples Kenneth Levin provides in this article illustrate the importance of putting customer-level analysis in the context of the broader environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Converging Trends for Software as a Service Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-04-09 17:00:00 Description: Howard Baldwin and Leslie Ament investigate software-as-a-service business intelligence, including areas of most frequent usage, reasons for its popularity and its general flexibility....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Book Review: Implementing Enterprise Data Warehousing Updated: 2009-04-09 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon shares why Implementing Enterprise Data Warehousing by Alan Schlukbier is an essential meta book for executives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales Performance Management Updated: 2009-03-31 17:00:00 Description: Susan Major describes the benefits of sales performance management (SPM) solutions and provides the top 10 questions to ask when evaluating SPM solution providers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One of Your Clinics is Not Like the Others Updated: 2009-03-31 17:00:00 Description: Scott Wanless looks at the factors that determine clinic excellence, describes the tools that differentiate "beacon" clinics, and explains the role of business intelligence in replicating the successes of these clinics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Applying Real-Time Analytics to the Life Sciences Industry Updated: 2009-03-24 17:00:00 Description: Mike Zubey outlines some of the business applications where real-time analytics can create greater business value for life sciences organizations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales and Marketing: Analytics in the Cloud Updated: 2009-03-24 17:00:00 Description: Larry Goldman discusses the various vendors providing SaaS models for business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Advantages of Mid-Market Business Intelligence Solutions Updated: 2009-03-24 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise looks at how targeted mid-market solutions are now shifting toward the enterprise and how enterprise organizations are starting to apply these solutions to maximize performance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Pervasiveness (and is it Wise to Ignore those Shadow Spreadbasemarts?) Updated: 2009-03-26 17:00:00 Description: David Loshin examines the business intelligence competency center and ubiquitous spreadbasemarts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Can Enterprise Data Warehousing and Master Data Management Projects Survive the Recession? Updated: 2009-03-18 17:00:00 Description: The economic downturn is likely to have an impact on IT budgets, but there are a number of new directions IT can still take to benefit the business. Colin White explains how focusing on pragmatic development and data governance approaches will benefi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Green Technology Ecosystem Updated: 2009-03-19 17:00:00 Description: This article provides a full end-to-end view of energy consumption, from the applications that drive your business to the power generation facilities supplying that energy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Elusive Virtual Data Warehouse Updated: 2009-03-19 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon provides his opinion on virtual data warehouses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "No Guts, No Glory" Product Launches in Telecom Updated: 2009-03-17 17:00:00 Description: John Myers discusses how business intelligence can help address the challenges of new product/service launches during the current economic downturn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Passing the Stimulus Package and the Need for Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-03-17 17:00:00 Description: Dr. Barquin writes about the need for robust business intelligence to assist in the process of helping the legislature make the right decisions on what, how and when it is going to spend the taxpayers' money....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bayes and Business Intelligence, Part 3 Updated: 2009-03-17 17:00:00 Description: Steve Miller interviews Brad Efron whose work on the bootstrap - now a staple in every statistician's tool chest - established his standing at the top of the statistical profession....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Assessing Analytic Packages for Enterprise Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-03-17 17:00:00 Description: Stuart Mullins explains that determining if an analytics package is right for a particular organization requires careful consideration and understanding of the costs and benefits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Assessing Your Business Intelligence Initiative Updated: 2009-03-10 17:00:00 Description: Maureen Clarry explains why evaluating the effectiveness of your business intelligence initiative may be a wise strategy in the current economic climate....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Technical Trends Shaping Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-03-10 17:00:00 Description: Richard Skriletz discusses several interesting trends that may alter the business intelligence landscape within the next three to five years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Analytics for Troubled Times Updated: 2009-03-10 21:24:01 Description: Dave Wells explains that in this new and more difficult business climate, the questions are harder and the metrics need to be more robust....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why Performance Management? Part 2 Updated: 2009-03-11 17:00:00 Description: Craig Schiff examines the business benefits of performance dashboards/scorecards and operational optimization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The BI Survey 8 Updated: 2009-03-11 17:00:00 Description: Nigel Pendse describes some of the trends uncovered in the analysis of results of The BI Survey 8....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Your Performance Management or Business Intelligence Platform - Is it Frozen in Time? Updated: 2009-03-11 17:00:00 Description: Craig Schiff looks at how customers are impacted when a product they use is no longer offered by the vendor that provided it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Order Header/Detail in Star Schema Updated: 2009-03-12 17:00:00 Description: Chuck Kelley provides an example of using the dimensional model technique to create the logical model....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brickbats and Credibility Updated: 2009-03-12 17:00:00 Description: Should the people who speak negatively about information architecture and the evolving nature of information systems be taken seriously?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Correct Approach to "Data Correction" Updated: 2009-02-25 17:00:00 Description: Larry English addresses common misconceptions about what constitutes information quality management....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quality Must Be Designed In Updated: 2009-02-25 17:00:00 Description: Jeff Pettit explains how to reap the benefits of highly productive data for years to come....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD People Say the Darndest Things About Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-02-26 17:00:00 Description: Over the years, Bill Inmon has heard some of the strangest, and untrue, things about business intelligence, data warehousing and other technology topics. He sets the record straight in this article....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Drivers and Master Data Updated: 2009-02-26 17:00:00 Description: David Loshin suggests that when a technology that is touted as a general solution overwhelms the problem, it poses a risk to good practices in the important situations where the technology truly is the solution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Canary Metrics - A New Thought Process Updated: 2009-03-03 17:00:00 Description: Janet Kuster and Christina Rouse explain that canary metrics hold the best promise for recognizing a market disruption early, while an organization still has time to adjust its focus, minimize performance risk and exploit the market opportunity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Sample Graduate Business Intelligence Program Updated: 2009-03-03 17:00:00 Description: Richard Herschel describes a graduate curriculum in business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Normalization is Impractical for Master Data Updated: 2009-03-04 11:00:00 Description: Master data tables seem to be particularly sensitive to the limits of normalization, and Malcolm Chisholm believes that a reflexive attachment to normalization can be counterproductive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Flaws of the Classic Data Warehouse Architecture, Part 1 Updated: 2009-03-04 11:00:00 Description: Despite the fact that the classic data warehouse architecture has served us well the last twenty years, Rick van der Lans explains why it may be time for a new architecture....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Different Data Warehouses Updated: 2009-03-05 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon takes a look at data warehousing across a variety of industries....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Book Review: Updated: 2009-03-05 17:00:00 Description: Lou Agosta reviews Listening to the Future: Why It's Everybody's Business by Dan Rasmus with Rob Salkowitz. (Wiley Press, 2009)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Impact of the Obama Healthcare Agenda on Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-02-24 17:00:00 Description: Laura Madsen looks at the new opportunities for business intelligence programs in healthcare, driven by President Obama's focus on healthcare....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What Business Intelligence Options Exist in Tough Economic Times? Updated: 2009-02-24 17:00:00 Description: Lyndsay Wise looks at ways to deploy business intelligence and analytics that do not break the bank, providing some alternatives to traditional deployments for organizations contemplating whether they should invest in business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Business Intelligence Primer for Higher Education Updated: 2009-02-17 17:00:00 Description: Christina Rouse and Janet Kuster describe four highlights of a higher education business intelligence (BI) initiative: getting to "institutional intelligence," application challenges for a typical business intelligence solution, scoping business inte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Data Cleansing Updated: 2009-02-17 17:00:00 Description: The hard reality is that always problematic and often costly data anomalies do exist. Will Dwinnell explains why it is helpful to have a tool to automatically ferret out a substantial fraction of those anomalies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Think Tanks and Business Intelligence Updated: 2009-02-17 17:00:00 Description: Ramon Barquin looks at the role of think tanks, why we need more think tanks and why those think tanks need more and better business intelligence tools and programs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sales and Marketing: Hosted Analytics Updated: 2009-02-17 17:00:00 Description: Larry Goldman clarifies the confusion between hosted analytics, outsourced analytics and managed analytics and provides helpful advice for determining which is best for your organization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Analyzing and Governing Web Content Updated: 2009-02-18 17:00:00 Description: Web-based content is a powerful source of information for business intelligence analytical processing, but organizations need to carefully select the types of content and technologies used, and need to have a pragmatic approach to governing this cont...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What is Unstructured Data? Updated: 2009-02-19 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon describes how the world of information processing is on the cusp of an entirely different kind of data and processing - unstructured data and processing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Green Data Warehouse, Part 2 Updated: 2009-02-19 17:00:00 Description: Rick Abbott presents a pragmatic list of actions you can take today to reduce energy consumption required to run your data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) systems....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What Are Universal Patterns for Data Modeling? Updated: 2009-02-12 17:00:00 Description: There are universal patterns that apply to well over 50 percent of most data model constructs and that can be reused. This article discusses those universal patterns....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fixed Price Contracts Updated: 2009-02-12 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon tells why no developer should build a first data warehouse on a fixed-price basis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Team Life Cycle Updated: 2009-02-10 17:00:00 Description: Maureen Clarry describes the six stages of team development and provides strategies for accelerating each phase....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence is More than OLAP Updated: 2009-02-10 17:00:00 Description: Richard Skriletz explains that it is important to break away from complete reliance on structured analytics in order to find new insights through unstructured analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Becoming a Decision-Centric Organization Updated: 2009-02-10 17:00:00 Description: James Taylor looks at monitoring and improving decision making by applying performance management techniques to decision-making results and processes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Measure Twice, Cut Once: A Case for More Effective Profit Optimization Updated: 2009-02-11 17:00:00 Description: John Colbert looks at the question of how executives know whether their proposed staff reductions and plant closures will help the company be more competitive in the future, or if they are potentially lopping off productive and profitable parts of th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why Performance Management? Part 1 Updated: 2009-02-11 17:00:00 Description: Craig Schiff describes what companies are missing if they haven't implemented business performance management or have just focused on a narrow slice of performance management....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Can You Really Manage What You Measure? Updated: 2009-02-05 17:00:00 Description: The requirements for effective measurement are better understood, but no road maps can account for human perception....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Data Warehousing Between a Rock and a Hard Place Updated: 2009-02-05 17:00:00 Description: The position of this article is a skeptical one that data warehousing, e-discovery (email) and enterprise content (document) management will not converge....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Integrating a Single Data Element Updated: 2009-02-05 17:00:00 Description: Over the years, people have questioned the process of data integration? Why is it so difficult? In this article, Inmon provides some answers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence and Video Content, Part 2 Updated: 2009-02-03 17:00:00 Description: Videos have the capacity to incorporate substantial and meaningful content that can impact decision making. Business intelligence efforts will need to be expanded to include activities that help organizations find, examine, exploit or even delete vid...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence in Life Sciences: The Perfect Storm Updated: 2009-02-03 17:00:00 Description: This article outlines the major trends in life sciences for 2009 and provides the business intelligence (BI) world with potential responses and solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bayes and Business Intelligence, Part 2 Updated: 2009-02-03 17:00:00 Description: Steve Milller discusses why prudent companies and business intelligence organizations should adapt and adopt Bayesian analytics as a core asset of their business intelligence portfolios....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Brief Review of Indicator and Flag Columns, Part 2 Updated: 2009-02-04 11:00:00 Description: This final installment in a two-part series on indicators explains how they can represent metadata, or derived information. Understanding the nature of indicators and the different classes that compose them can be very helpful in overall data managem...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence Data Analysis and Visualization: What's in a Name? Part 2 Updated: 2009-01-28 17:00:00 Description: Colin White continues his discussion of data analysis and data visualization by taking a detailed look at how business intelligence is used in the decision-making process, and discussing where data analysis and data visualization fit into this proces...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Taxonomies and Search: Master Categories? Updated: 2009-01-29 17:00:00 Description: Does "search" change everything? Well, maybe some things...like business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Hits, No Runs, No Errors Updated: 2009-01-29 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon discusses the pros and cons of the various options for managing errors that are detected at the point of an ETL load....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Redefining the Mid-Market and Its Business Intelligence Requirements Updated: 2009-01-27 17:00:00 Description: This article explores whether mid-market business intelligence needs are being met by the solutions that are available....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Open Source Text Analytics Updated: 2009-01-27 17:00:00 Description: Seth Grimes looks at the variety of available open source text technologies and provides a wealth of open source text analytics resources....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Brief Review of Indicator and Flag Columns Updated: 2009-01-07 11:00:00 Description: Indicators and flags seem to be often passed over as rather simple, but they are worth thinking about. Because not a lot is written about indicator columns, Malcolm Chisholm shares his personal view of them based on his experience....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Data Warehousing in the Corporate Takeover, Merger or "Shotgun" Wedding Updated: 2009-01-08 17:00:00 Description: Lou Agosta looks at how to leverage data warehousing in instances of corporate mergers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Incremental Data Warehouse Development - The Only Way to Fly Updated: 2009-01-08 22:52:51 Description: One of the bad pennies that just keeps coming back is the big-bang approach to data warehouse development....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Intelligence and a Culture of Analysis Updated: 2009-01-13 17:00:00 Description: Public sector agencies very often need to work at ensuring that their corporate cultures establish a high value on, and properly reward, a push toward analysis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Year's Resolutions for Business Intelligence Leadership and Management Updated: 2009-01-13 17:00:00 Description: Maureen Clarry provides suggestions for setting realistic business intelligence resolutions for 2009....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Competitive Advantage or Necessary to Compete? Updated: 2009-01-13 17:00:00 Description: Leslie Ament recaps the research that led to the assessment that decision science and customer analysis will move from "competitive advantage" status to "necessary to compete" for the next decade....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Telecom Process Business Intelligence - Doing Things Right? Or the Right Things? Updated: 2009-01-13 17:00:00 Description: Analytical models and predictive analytics can provide great value in terms of the concept of operational business intelligence and process efficiency, but they must be applied properly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What's Ahead for Performance Management in 2009? Updated: 2009-01-14 17:00:00 Description: 2009 should be another great year for business performance management, the established vendors, consultants and, most importantly, the end users of performance management and business intelligence solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Answers to the Performance Management Year-End Quiz Updated: 2009-01-14 17:00:00 Description: This article offers the correct answers to Craig Schiff's recent quiz, providing you with history and background that should be helpful for understanding performance management vendor offerings and direction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Green Data Warehouse Updated: 2009-01-15 17:00:00 Description: "Green computing" is taking off in the IT world. Here's how to plan out a green computing strategy for your data warehouse initiative and measure actual results once implemented....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Data Warehousing Around the World Updated: 2009-01-15 17:00:00 Description: Bill Inmon looks at the differences and similarities of data warehouses in different parts of the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Canary Metrics, Part 1 Updated: 2009-01-20 17:00:00 Description: This article, the first of a two-part series, introduces canary metrics and describes how they can provide early notices of challenges and opportunities for the business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Collaborative Analytics - An Emerging Practice Updated: 2009-01-20 17:00:00 Description: Dave Wells explains why the old model of business analysis is about to change and describes how collaborative analytics can increase visibility of important business facts and improve alignment of decisions and actions across the entire business. He ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Decision Support Project Management Updated: 2009-01-22 17:00:00 Description: Dan Power describes the importance of project management for decision support systems and looks at the responsibilities of a decision support project manager....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Development Methodology: What's the Story? Updated: 2009-01-22 17:00:00 Description: One of the great secrets of a successful methodology is that it focuses on what to do, not how to do it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Colin Shearer, Senior Vice President of Strategic Analytics at SPSS Updated: 2008-11-12 19:00:00 Description: Colin describes the 4 quadrants of data that organizations have today: descriptive data, behavioral data, interaction data and attitudinal data. He explains why having all 4 of these within one analytical framework enables organizations to answer the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Erick Brethenoux, Vice President of Corporate Development for SPSS Updated: 2008-11-12 20:00:00 Description: Erick comments on the "personal" component of analytics, relating how being able to understand customers and their opinions can enable an organization to impact their customers' purchase decisions. He describes that timing is a critical component, an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kristin Hackney, Vice President WW Strategic Accounts & Services for SPSS Updated: 2008-11-12 21:00:00 Description: The current economy is causing more and more companies to look for competitive advantage, and Kristin describes how predictive analytics can provide that advantage. Additionally, she describes how North American businesses are realizing that they hav...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Omar Rois, Customer Analysis Manager for Digital +, an SPSS Customer Updated: 2008-11-12 22:00:00 Description: Digital+ is the leading pay TV service in Spain, and Omar explains how they needed call center representatives to be able to access all the important information about customers such as their value to the company, their likes and dislikes, and their ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Dutcher, Vice President of Product Marketing for SPSS Updated: 2008-11-12 23:00:00 Description: Bob reflects on all of the consolidation in the business intelligence industry and describes how that has created a great opportunity for SPSS, one of the only real open analytic and data mining players. He explains why predictive analytics is becomi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Predictive Analytics in the U. S. Elections Updated: 2008-11-13 00:00:00 Description: Ron Powell of the BeyeNETWORK discusses with Ken Strasma and Alexander Lundry how predictive analytics impacted the 2008 presidential election....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sid Probstein, Chief Technology Officer of Attivio Updated: 2008-12-08 09:41:30 Description: Sid Probstein explains how Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) is powering the next generation of information access, integrating enterprise search and BI capabilities through its unique ability to combine structured data and unstructured cont...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Terry Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer of Coral8 Updated: 2008-12-08 09:41:30 Description: Terry Cunningham describes Coral8’s complex event processing technology that provides the continuous intelligence necessary to analyze, understand and execute instantly in a rapidly changing marketplace....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Eve, Vice President of Marketing for Composite Software Updated: 2008-12-08 09:41:30 Description: Robert Eve explains how the Composite Information Server enables users to virtualize, abstract, federate and deliver disparate data....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ian Huckle, CEO, Business & Decision Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: Ian Huckle explains that companies are relying more on BI than in the past based on the current economical situation – BI is allowing companies to make the correct investment decision based on their financial situation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - November Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month, the BeyePERSPECTIVE panel discussed what they agreed and disagreed with on Michael Lombard's 2-part article on the 16 best practices for data governance. Additionally, the group gives their candid thoughts on the many organizations joinin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - October Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: The BeyePERSPECTIVE panel talks about the recent Claudia Imhoff/Colin White article in which they coin the term ‘decision intelligence’, discussing whether BI is too closely associated with DW and it should be replaced by a new te...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - September Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: The experts divulge if they agreed with the rankings of the The Forrester Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform report, talk about how the new guidelines on mortgages, credit cards and loans are affected financial institution's ability to utilize...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - August Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month, the experts dig into the latest at Microsoft: the acquisition of DATAllegro and Zoomix, the departure of Bill Baker – a well-respected and long-time member of the Microsoft team, and predictions for Microsoft in the data warehou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - July Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month, the panel discusses the impact of BI applications that go directly to wireless devices, the effect of broadening the scope of the data available for analysis and how they think that business intelligence can assist on "green" efforts. Lis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - June Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month, the experts discuss the trend of cloud computing, the business intelligence implication of Yahoo’s partnership and the political issues surrounding data governance. Listen in now!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - May Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: Our experts engage in lively discussion about what companies need to do to keep up with the 4 BI giants; whether software as a service is fact, fiction or fantasy; and how Informatica's recent acquisition of Identity Systems impacts the data quality ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - April Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: The panel this month talks about why it appears that a possible recession doesn’t seem to be affecting the business intelligence market, the implications of on-demand BI to the IT department and the recently published top 10 trends from HP&...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - March Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month the experts discuss Gartners Top Ten Strategic Technologies for 2008, the TDWI analytics track and how the GIS presentations on television are changing the expectations of how viewers receive information on TV and in business. Listen in no...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - February Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month the experts discuss the results of the Gartner Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, the ways that CDI is getting mainstream attention (and more ways CDI could make a positive impact in our day to day lives) and Microsoft&rsquo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - January Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month’s panel discusses 4 M&A’s that were announced in January. The experts weigh in on whether or not the BEA acquisition by Oracle will help or hurt their customers, if the purchase of MySQL by Sun Microsystems sign...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - December Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month’s panel discusses Barack Obama’s comment last month about electing a Chief Technology Officer to the country, Google breaking into the BI marketplace and predictions for next year in the business intelligence/data wareh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - November Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: This month, the experts talked about the increase of offerings by individual vendors (does that mean the customer gets a one stop shop, or is just a lack of focus?), the acquisition of Cognos by IBM, and the resonance of the business performance mana...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - October Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:27 Description: The October show of BeyePERSPECTIVE discusses the acquisition of Business Objects by SAP, the Teradata and SAS partnership and the increase of European companies in the United States....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BeyePERSPECTIVE - September Show Updated: 2008-11-30 22:55:26 Description: The September show of BeyePERSPECTIVE discusses the recent acquisition of Longview, the launch of Microsoft's PerformancePoint Server, Cognos' purchase of Applix and controversy surrounding Wal-Mart's RFID mandate....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Elliot McClements, EMEA Marketing and Alliance Manager for HP Updated: 2008-11-21 20:25:03 Description: Elliot talks about HP's new business unit focusing exclusively on products and services for business intelligence solutions which is espcially important in the area of operational anaytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Frank Buytendijk, VP and Fellow for Enterprise Performance Management at Oracle Updated: 2008-11-21 20:25:03 Description: Frank reviews his new book, Performance Leadership and explains how he compares corporate performance management organizational development styles to personal development....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simon Holtz, European Commercial Services Director, and Feercrum Woodman, IT Director, at LMG Updated: 2008-11-20 18:57:04 Description: LMG is a loyalty management company that created a new business based on the technology that was available to help them processes very large volumes of data rapidly. Simon and Feercrum shares their successful implementation story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sean Jackson, Vice President Marketing, Kognitio Updated: 2008-11-20 18:57:04 Description: Sean explains how Kognitio provides high speed analytics in three ways: as software only, a data warehouse appliance or as a service. He explains the idea of data as a service and describes new seminars that Kognitio offers on the topic....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris McCallister, GoldenGate Senior Director of Product Marketing Updated: 2008-11-20 18:57:03 Description: Chris introduces GoldenGate 10 which expands the databases they support and provides new information delivery mechanisms....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andy Bayless, Technology Director, SAND Technology Updated: 2008-11-20 18:57:03 Description: Andy explains the term "data right sizing" that SAND is using to explain the concept of near-line data warehousing strategy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cecile Mondrone, Marketing Products Manager at Talend Updated: 2008-11-20 18:57:03 Description: Cecile stresses the advantages of open source technology and discusses the adoption rate of open source technologies within the enterprise....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dagmar Klausen, Cognos Solution Specialist Updated: 2008-11-20 18:57:03 Description: Dagmar discusses Cognos performance management which answers the questions: How am I doing (dashboards)? What am I doing (analysis)? What will I do going forward (planning)?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rick Burns, Senior Consultant, Teradata Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: Teradata recently introduced an expanded product family, and Rick Burns provides details about the products, including the new data warehouse appliance. He also comments on how competitors' recent announcements affect Teradata's position....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nate Rhodes, Vice President of Corda Solutions Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: After a brief overview of Corda Solutions, Nate delves into how Corda has evolved toward BPM. He also shares some best practices in BPM that they've learned along the way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lance Walter, Vice President of Marketing for Pentaho Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: A quick overview of Pentaho is provided by Lance Walter. In addition, he explains where they are seeing the most growth and what we can expect from Pentaho in 2009....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Rouse, Chief Architect for Clear Sight Analytics Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: Institutions of higher education can benefit from business intelligence, and Chris Rouse explains the challenges and trends facing these institutions as they implement business intelligence solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Piekos, Senior Director of Engineering for EasyAsk Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: The author of a recent paper focusing on the importance of usability for BI users, John Piekos discusses key points from that paper and explains what EasyAsk has done to make data access, data analysis and data collaboration easier for users....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John O'Brien, CTO of Dataupia Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: How are the traditional database players reacting to a trend of innovation? John O'Brien addresses that topic as well as the value of a data warehouse during times of economic uncertainty....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Philip Russom, Senior Manager of Research and Services for TDWI Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: One of the major focus areas for the TDWI World Conference in New Orleans is master data management (MDM). Philip Russom provides the reasons for implementing MDM and discusses some of the challenges and benefits surrounding MDM....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Eve, Vice President of Marketing for Composite Software Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:26 Description: As we approach 2009, Robert Eve talks about the data integration trends they are seeing, how their customers are able to justify new technology purchases in these tighter times, and the new Composite Discovery Appliance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dan Soceanu, Product Marketing Manager at DataFlux Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: Dan Soceanu provides advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of master data management (MDM), how to build a business case for MDM and what is required for a successful MDM implementation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kim Stanick, Vice President of Marketing for ParAccel Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: Kim Stanick explains why columnar databases like ParAccel are such a great fit for analytic processing. She also talks about their partnerships with software vendors and what ParAccel is doing to differentiate itself from the competition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yves de Montcheuil, Vice President of Marketing at Talend Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: Open source is helping companies deploy business intelligence, and Yves de Montcheuil explains why. He describes Talend's focus and scope, and discusses the importance of data quality for data integration projects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mike Brooks, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Visual Mining Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: Providing an overview of Visual Mining, Mike Brooks also discusses how Visual Mining is helping companies improve business performance and optimize ROI from their investment in data....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Seiner, Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter and President & Principal Consultant of KIK Consulting & Educational Services Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: Bob Seiner recaps the 12 year history of TDAN.com, explaining how the publication got started, how it has evolved and what the future holds. He also recounts the opportunities for TDAN.com authors, sponsors and readers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Strong, Vice President of Field Operations for expressor software Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: An update on the progress expressor software has been making with its early adopter program is provided by John Strong, who also explains what’s new and different about expressor and describes how customers are using the expressor product....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jose Morales, Vice President of Business Development for JasperSoft Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: Jaspersoft has been adopted by many technology companies to add BI and reporting. Jose Morales comments on that and on the companies that have standardized on JasperSoft. He also talks about open source as a global phenomenon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Thompson, CEO of US Operations at Kognitio Updated: 2008-11-10 02:43:25 Description: John reveals the results of a survey Kognitio recently completed on concurrency in operational BI systems....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Bean, Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer of Attensity Updated: 2008-10-26 17:56:10 Description: David Bean explains how Attensity’s text analytics provides a Voice of the Customer platform that extracts revelations from customer feedback and captures "signals" of intent, value and context to provide insight into customer expectations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ben Knowles, Dashboard Designer and Developer for Autometrics Updated: 2008-10-26 17:56:10 Description: Ben Knowles provides an overview of Autometrics, a leading software as a service on-demand dashboard provider, and explains how they use CenterView to bring data sources together and put them into a visually understandable dashboard format....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Meyer, CTO and Vice President of Engineering for Insights On Demand Updated: 2008-10-26 17:56:10 Description: David Meyer explains that they provide business intelligence using the software as a service model, and describes that they chose Corda because of its power and strong programmatic support, allowing them to provide the BI their customers need....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Skolmoski, Senior Engineer with the LDS Church Updated: 2008-10-22 16:45:33 Description: Mark Skolmoski explains they are a Business Objects shop and describes how they implemented Corda dashboards without having to do redundant work or maintain dual systems. They use the dashboards to track their performance against project work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andy Beier, CTO of Speekback.com Updated: 2008-10-22 16:45:33 Description: Andy Beier talks about how speekback.com, a new company, uses Corda dashboards to acquire advertisers and users. Andy also explains why this new startup chose Corda to help them grow their company....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nef Roldan, Lead Manager for GTS Metrics and Reporting at Dow Jones Updated: 2008-10-22 16:45:33 Description: Nef Roldan describes the issues Dow Jones solves with CenterView dashboards from Corda and how the managers use the dashboards to make timely decisions. He emphasizes that the product is very intuitive and user friendly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Rome, Associate Vice President at Arizona State University Updated: 2008-10-22 16:45:33 Description: John Rome recaps his keynote presentation at Corda's Visual Evolution that focused on how to design dashboards. He also tells how dashboards give Arizona State the ability to deliver performance management and lower the cost of consumption of informa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jamey Becker, Implementer with Answers On Demand Updated: 2008-10-22 16:45:33 Description: Jamey Becker provides an overview of Answers On Demand and their focus. He describes how Answers on Demand partners with Corda to provide customers with a complete data visualization and dashboard version of their software....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Hornschild-Bear, Product Manager for Conpros Updated: 2008-10-22 16:45:33 Description: Robert Hornschild-Bear provides an overview of Conpros. He also explains that they had 15 criteria when they were searching for a dashboard solution that would integrate with their product and that Corda met all their requirements....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dave Schrader, Director of Strategy and Marketing for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Dave Schrader talks about Teradata's approach to the real time enterprise and pervasive business intelligence. He also provides some examples of active enterprise intelligence in action....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barb Wixom, Associate Professor for the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Barb Wixom shares what company recruiters want from universities and describes the key challenges for professors who are preparing students for the workplace. She continues with an explanation of how Teradata helps with that challenge....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mike Goul, Director of Information Systems for the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Mike Goul looks at the role of academics in the innovation surrounding data warehousing and business intelligence. He then describes the next generation of the Teradata University Network....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nancy Kalthoff, Product Manager for the Financial Services Logical Data Model at Teradata Corporation Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Nancy Kalthoff reviews the importance of logical data models for data warehousing and business intelligence, and she explains why data models are especially important today for financial institutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Greg Burd, Principal at Claraview Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Greg Burd talks about trends in BI and gives a few recommendationa about ways to begin a BI implementation and consolidate multiple tool sets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ron Swift, VP Cross-Industry Solutions for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Ron discusses the importance of business intelligence in tough economic times as a competitive differentiator and talks about technology trends in general....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sam Gragg, Vice President of Customer Management Solutions for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Sam Gragg discusses how drivers for consumers and customer relationship management are evolving. He also shares how marketers need to be able to model customer behavior and bring in the personal touch to enable smarter conversations to ensure custome...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Horn, Principal with Deloitte Consulting's Strategy and Operations Practice Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:31 Description: Mark Horn shares his thoughts on the role executives play in the creation of a vibrant performance management environment and the successful adoption of performance management solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yves de Montcheuil, VP of Marketing for Talend Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Announcing Talend's partnership with Teradata, Yves de Montcheuil shares the Talend value proposition for Teradata’s customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill Matera, Senior Product Manager for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Bill Matera talks about the healthcare logical data model and the acquisition of the Triad model from American Information Modeling Group (AIMG)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peeter Kivestu, Director of Global Industry Solutions for Travel, Transport and Government for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Peeter Kivestu discusses the Teradata vision for customer management, focusing on the airline industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Haddad, Chairman and CEO of KXEN Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Roger Haddad provides an overview of KXEN, explaining how KXEN delivers on getting insight from data, and he discusses how they work with Teradata customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ray Wilson, Program Director, Global Industry Solutions at Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Ray Wilson talks about anti-money laundering (AML) and the regulations that require financial service institutions to evaluate transactions, looking for suspicious activities. He explains how SAS and Teradata help with AML compliance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andrew Cardno, Chief Technology Officer for Business Intelligence Systems Solutions Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Andrew Cardno explains data visualization with heat maps and explains its impact on the business community. Andrew shares why he considers Business Intelligence Systems Solutions as the visual window into the Teradata warehouse....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kevin Brown, Vice President of Alliances and Partnerships for Tableau Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Kevin Brown shares how Tableau in partnership with Teradata broadens the use of BI throughout the enterprise. Power users to nontechnical workers can effectively use the data warehouse in ways they never could before....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Clayton, Vice President of Marketing of BI & Performance Management, EPM Global Business Unit for Oracle Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Richard Clayton looks at enterprise performance management (EPM), Oracle's EPM strategy and the role of the data warehouse in EPM. He also describes the strong partnership between Oracle and Teradata....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barb Vostmyer, Senior Product Manager for Industry Solutions for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Barb Vostmyer discusses the manufacturing industry and how that industry benefits from real-time data integration, unstructured text and text analytics, and out-of-the-box models....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alok Pareek, Vice President of Technology for GoldenGate Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Running a dual-active data warehouse is becoming more popular, and Alok Pareek explains why. He also talks about the rise of operational business intelligence and how that impacts the interest in dual-active data warehousing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John McHugh, VP of Marketing for BEZ Systems Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: john McHugh talks about the paradign shft of business driving technology, performance and innovation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ed Dupee, Vice President of Global Industry Solutions in Retail for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-19 21:13:30 Description: Ed Dupee shares his thoughts on the tough economic environment that retailers are facing today and how that impacts their decisions about data warehousing and analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Live from the floor: Mike Lawson, Business Intelligence Developer from the University of Michigan Updated: 2008-10-11 02:45:52 Description: Mike Lawson explains the University's BI structure, describing how they use Microsoft solutions. He says the tools are fantastic, enabling them to deliver reports in an easy-to-use format and get information in front of key decision makers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alyson Powell Erwin, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Alyson Powell Erwin explains how PerformancePoint fits into Microsoft's BI offering and shares the 3 ways that Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Monitoring Server helps customers drive their business performance more effectively....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drew Naukam, Managing Vice President of the Microsoft Strategic Service Line for Hitachi Consulting Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Drew Naukam provides a brief overview of Hitachi Consulting, explains how they help their customers find a business intelligence (BI) solution that meets their needs and shares recent Microsoft BI customer success stories....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Gainer, Microsoft Principal Group Program Manager, and Steve Tullis, Microsoft Senior Program Manager Lead for Microsoft Excel Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: David Gainer and Steve Tullis discuss why XL 2007 is a great business intelligence tool. They also explain the features of the server version of Excel and describe what customers are doing with XL Services....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jitendra Pal Thethi, Principal Architect, Microsoft BI Solutions at Infosys Technologies Limited Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Jitendra Pal Thethi provides an overview of Infosys Technologies, describes the Microsoft BI solutions they sell and talks about the approach they use to ensure that their customers find the BI solution that meets their needs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Guy Weismantel, Director of Marketing, Office Business Applications for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Guy Weismantel looks at how finance executives and finance departments use BI, explains what solutions Microsoft offers for finance departments, and explains how BI benefits the finance department and the entire organization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pej Javaheri, Senior Product Manager, IWPMG Sharepoint at Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Pej Javaheri looks at how to enhance and enable pervasive BI, describes the trends being seen in organizations looking to maximize resources and maintain costs, and explains OBAs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kamal Hathi, Partner Product Unit Manager, SQL Server Analysis Services for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Kamal Hathi talks about the core theme for the Analysis Services features in the SQL 2008 release and shares the next "big thing" planned for SQL Server....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ron Martinez, Director of Sales for ProfitBase NA Inc. Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Ron Martinez shares how ProfitBase fits into the Microsoft BI vision and describes how Microsoft customers benefit from ProfitBase solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amir Netz, Partner Architect for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Amir Netz explains Project Gemini and how Gemini technology is related to the rest of Microsoft's BI technologies. He also shares why there is so much excitement surrounding Project Gemini....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peter Bull, Principal Group Program Manager for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Peter Bull talks about the types of customers that are purchasing PerformancePoint Server, how customers are using the product, and the kind of feedback those customers are providing to Microsoft....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Donald Farmer, Principal Program Manager Lead for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Donald Farmer describes conference reaction to Project Gemini, sharing the questions attendees are asking about the project. He also talks about the target audience for Project Gemini and the competitive landscape....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scott Collins, Vice President of Global Alliances for Teradata Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Scott Collins discusses Teradata's partnership with Microsoft and the value Teradata technologies bring to customers. Scott also shares customer success stories and looks at the other areas of collaboration between Microsoft and Teradata....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Greg Todd, Senior Executive for Accenture Information Management Services Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Greg Todd provides an overview of Accenture Information Management Services, describes their approach to BI for their customers, and shares how Microsoft BI solutions fit into the advice Accenture gives its clients....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bruno Aziza, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Bruno Aziza looks at what's new in BI today, explains why Microsoft BI is different from other BI offerings and shares best practices for driving business performance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andy Kamlet, Director of Marketing for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Andy Kamlet talks about how PerformancePoint Server has been received, explains how it is being used and results customers are receiving, and shares his views on the BI and performance management consolidation activity during the past year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Markus Sprenger, Global BI Solutions Director for Avanade Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Markus Sprenger provides an overview of Avanade, shares what industries are most interested in BI, describes the benefits BI provides to these industries, and explains the steps Avanade takes to help customers develop a BI road map and strategy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jason Carlson, Partner Product Unit Manager for Microsoft Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:07 Description: Jason Carlson recaps the announcements made during the conference and shares the most exciting new features of SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. Jason also talks about what's next for Reporting Services....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Todd Daniell, Manager of the Business Intelligence Group at Raymond James Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:06 Description: Todd Daniel shares that they utilize the full BI stack from Microsoft at Raymond James, a full-service financial services company. As an early adopter of SQL Server 2008, he shares that the best enhancement of the product is its scalability....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Burch, Director of Management Information Systems at Tallahassee Community College Updated: 2008-10-10 01:20:06 Description: John Burch describes his team’s BI success and explains how Microsoft BI enabled them to move from knowing nothing about BI to data warehousing and predictive analytics, allowing the business side of the college to make better decisions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Colin White - Operational BI Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Colin lays out the new business requirements for the data and process worlds. Operational BI is just as much art as science and necessitates a simultaneous top-down and bottom-up approach....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Claudia Imhoff - Software as a Service Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Claudia gives an overview of the challenges and benefits of the software as a service (SaaS) model. She is on a mission to get acceptance of the term "on premises" as opposed to the common vernacular choice of "on premise" to describe this type of so...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John O'Brien, CTO of Dataupia Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: John discusses Datuapia's recent partnership with IBM/Cognos and trends in the data warehousing and advanced analytics space....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Haddad, Director of Product Marketing for Informatica Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: John elaborates on data latency issues, including the need to deliver data in real time so organizations can operate at the "speed of business."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Theissen, Chief Operating Officer for DATAllegro Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Mark discusses what the Microsoft acquisition means for DATAllegro customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bob Eve, Composite Software VP of Marketing Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Bob discusses the acceptance of federated (virtualized) data approaches to integration and how this impacts operational BI....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nick Halsey, VP of Marketing for Jaspersoft Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Nick talks about the recent upgrades to Version 3 of Jaspersoft BI Suite and the community site, Jasperforge.org. He shares details of the Jaspersoft partnership with Red Hat....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Thompson, CEO of US Operations at Kognitio Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: John releases results of a new survey on data as a service and points out the trends he sees in the on-demand analytics market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jake Freivald, Information Builders VP of Marketing Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Jake shares his thoughts on current trends in the industry and provides updates on Information Builders' products and strategy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dave Menninger, VP of Global Marketing and Product Management for InforSense Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Have you ever heard of an analytic mashup? Dave Menninger defines the term and explains the benefits of this type of solution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Randy Arseneau, VP of Customer Service with Zettapoint Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Randy introduces Zettapoint solutions for the optimized data warehouse market and highlights its differentiation from the competitors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Evans, Director of Marketing for Kalido Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: John elaborates on the updates to the Kalido Information Engine announced at the show....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yves de Montcheuil, Talend VP of Marketing Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Yves covers a broad range of topics from where Talend fits into the overall BI picture to the need for data qualilty and a sneak peek at an upcoming announcement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mike Psenka, CEO of eThority Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Mike shares ways to get users to adopt and employ new software that is flexible and solves a real business need in an era of fewer IT resources....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Phil Bowermaster, Worldwide Product Marketing Manager for Sybase Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Phil discusses the changing advanced analytic marketplace and how Sybase is adapting to those changes to meet their customer's needs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ayush Shrestha, Software Development Consultant with Dundas Data Visualization Consulting Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Learn about Dundas Consulting and ways to get a customized digital dashboard off the ground....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Donald Farmer, SQL Server Principal Program Manager, and Dan Neault, General Manager of SQL Server Marketing Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Catch up on all the Microsoft news: SQL Server 2008 release, two major acquisitions, Bill Baker moving to a new job and the upcoming Microsoft BI Conference....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tammi Kay George, SAS Global BI Product Marketing Manager Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Tammi Kay discusses the SAS partnership with Teradata, the Forrester Wave Report that considers SAS as a top player and best practices for including analytics into decision making....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Santaferraro, Director of Marketing for HP BI Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: John converses with Colin White on the topic of BI modernization, providing some tips on where BI is going next and the kind of technology that is going to get us there....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Grondin, Vice President of R&D, and Linda Ahrens, Vice President of Marketing and Glocal Alliances for SAND Technology Updated: 2008-10-06 16:58:18 Description: Linda talks about BI and DW platform-independent software solutions that SAND offers for customers with and without existing data warehouses. Richard explains how their solutions keep your warehouses lean and mean....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Selina McDine, IT Administrator for a major healthcare provider Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:12 Description: Selina McDine describes how they use GoldenGate for disaster recovery, data warehousing and Brio report writing, and she describes the value that real-time information provides to their organization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Gorman, Development Manager for ATM and Mobile Services at VocaLink Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:12 Description: Richard Gorman discusses how they have used GoldenGate for almost 10 years without any problems and then describes their most recent project where GoldenGate is a key part of the most important application they have....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Verna Okell, Development Group Manager, and Rich Rosales, Development Manager, at U.S. Bank Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:12 Description: Verna Okell and Rich Rosales explain how U.S. Bank relies on GoldenGate to provide their customers with the seamless experience they expect from ATMs and talk about other areas in the bank where GoldenGate is used....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bob Loftis, Business Continuity Product Manager for HP's NonStop Enterprise Division Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:11 Description: Bob Loftis talks about HP's long-time relationship with GoldenGate and why GoldenGate's solutions play so well in the current market's complex landscape of M&A, new business models and real-time data processing their mutual customers require....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paul Longhurst, Director of Data Warehousing for Overstock.com Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:11 Description: Paul Longhurst explains the real-time solutions that GoldenGate enables for Overstock.com, shares how they can now manage their business much more efficiently, and describes the ROI they've seen....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Uriarte, CTO of Retail Decisions Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:11 Description: Chris Uriarte describes how Retail Decisions, known for their real-time capabilities for fraud prevention, relies on GoldenGate for making sure the critical data elements from their global infrastructure are replicated so they can detect fraud for la...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Phil Kloot, Manager of HP NonStop Systems & Integration Services Information Technology for Park Nicollet Health Systems Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:11 Description: Phil Kloot explains the many ways they use GoldenGate and shares how the flexibility and real-time capabilities of GoldenGate have enabled them to be an innovative organization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ron Swift, Teradata's Vice President of Cross Industry Solutions Updated: 2008-06-13 05:23:11 Description: Ron Swift talks about how Teradata and GoldenGate partner, explains how GoldenGate helps to set up real-time data warehousing and real-time business intelligence, and also shares how customers have benefited from this partnership....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yves de Montcheuil, Vice President of Marketing for Talend Updated: 2008-06-10 04:41:06 Description: Yves de Montcheuil provides a brief overview of Talend, explains why Talend's founders chose to build an open source data integration solution, discusses the product's adoption by customers and shares a customer success story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Zenkert of GoldenGate Software's Business Development Department Updated: 2008-06-10 04:41:06 Description: Robert Zenkert provides an overview of GoldenGate and their solutions for real-time data transactional management. He also explains the reasons there is such a demand for real-time data integration and provides a customer success story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sean Jackson Vice President Worldwide Marketing for Kognitio Updated: 2008-06-10 04:41:06 Description: Sean Jackson discusses Kognitio's UK roots, their WX2 product's flexibility and scalability, the data warehouse appliance space and how Kognitio provides data warehousing as a service....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dan Holle, CTO of BI Solutions for HP Updated: 2008-06-10 04:41:06 Description: Dan Holle discusses HP's business intelligence (BI) strategy, explaining the importance of integrating the data warehouse into the mainstream business and describing the things HP has done to enable operational BI on the Neoview platform....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oscar Gallego, Director of HP's EMEA Information Management Practice Updated: 2008-06-10 04:41:06 Description: Oscar Gallego provides an overview of HP's EMEA Information Management Practice and their major focus on business intelligence, describes the solutions they provide and shares the benefits their customers receive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bob Potter, CEO, and John Russell, Founder and Chief Scientist, of expressor software Updated: 2008-05-14 00:00:00 Description: Bob Potter explains expressor's semantic data integration system, and John Russell explains what led them to develop a new data integration system. Both provide commentary on their company and its approach to data integration....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jill Dyché and Tamara Dull of Baseline Consulting Updated: 2008-05-14 01:00:00 Description: Jill Dyché and Tamara Dull join Ron Powell to announce the BeyeNETWORK's newest newsletter: The Jill Dyché Data Governance Newsletter. Jill explains the direction of the newsletter and talks about a recent project for one of the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tommy Drummond, Vice President of Data Quality Marketing for Informatica Updated: 2008-05-14 02:00:00 Description: Tommy Drummond offers a definition of data quality, explains Informatica's focus in this area and shares how users of the Informatica data quality product portfolio achieve their business goals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Modzelewski, CEO and Founder of ChartSearch Updated: 2008-05-14 03:00:00 Description: Chris Modzelewski provides an overview of ChartSearch, explains how their numerical search and analysis platform works, and talks about the ChartSearch value proposition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sami Akbay, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for GoldenGate Updated: 2008-05-14 04:00:00 Description: Sami Akbay talks about real-time business intelligence and analytics, providing suggestions for those implementing a data warehouse and for those who have existing data warehouses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kim Stanick, Vice President of Marketing for ParAccel Updated: 2008-05-14 05:00:00 Description: Kim Stanick looks at ParAccel's progress during their first six months in the marketplace, describes their focus and shares general trends that they're seeing across their collective customers and prospects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joe Foley, Chief Architect for illuminate Solutions Updated: 2008-05-14 06:00:00 Description: Joe Foley talks about illuminate's correlation database engine and how it enables companies to deploy a data warehouse or data mart in a fraction of the time normally associated with this effort....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tim Young, Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Netezza Updated: 2008-05-14 06:15:00 Description: Tim Young shares the latest news from Netezza and offers his thoughts on the reasons for Netezza's growth and success....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jacqueline Coolidge, Senior Manager of BI Product Marketing for Cognos Updated: 2008-05-14 06:20:00 Description: Jacqueline Coolidge shares what IBM/Cognos is doing to broaden the reach of business intelligence (BI), describes the single most important thing customers can do to be successful with BI and talks about the future of BI....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Phil Bowermaster, Worldwide Product Marketing Manager for Sybase IQ Updated: 2008-05-14 06:25:00 Description: Phil Bowermaster discusses Sybase's new analytic appliance, explains what differentiates it from the other appliances, and shares how Sybase and their partners plan to succeed in the competitive appliance marketplace....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Evans, Director of Product Marketing for Kalido Updated: 2008-05-14 06:30:00 Description: John Evans talks about how the marketplace has accepted the Kalido Business Information Modeler and talks about their positioning in the data warehousing/business intelligence space....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Philip Russom, Senior Manager of TDWI Research Updated: 2008-05-14 06:35:00 Description: Philip Russom discusses the upcoming TDWI Best Practices report on customer data integration (CDI) and explains the business case for CDI....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matthew Sell, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Business Objects Updated: 2008-05-14 06:38:14 Description: Matthew Sell explains the top 3 product features of XI 3.0, talks about the unique features of XI 3.0 and describes how they are enabling more users to benefit from business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Zimmerman, Vice President of Sales for Symphony Metreo, Inc. Updated: 2008-04-16 01:01:39 Description: John Zimmerman explains how global companies are achieving significant profit improvements through better pricing decisions and disciplined price execution with the Symphony-Metreo Enterprise Pricing Suite....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Evolution of Data Integration and Quality Software Updated: 2008-04-13 16:07:45 Description: Part one in the Business Objects Benefits of a Data Services Architecture podcast series featuring Colin White...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Power of a Single Application for Data Integration and Data Quality Updated: 2008-04-13 16:07:45 Description: Part two in the Business Objects Benefits of a Data Services Architecture podcast series featuring Philip On...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reducing Total Cost of Ownership with Data Quality Applications Updated: 2008-04-13 16:07:45 Description: Part three in the Business Objects Benefits of a Data Services Architecture podcast series featuring Kristin MacMahon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Irwin Kramer, President and Chief Executive Officer for iCongo Updated: 2008-03-20 16:13:08 Description: Irwin Kramer explains how iCongo enables organizations to effectively collaborate and communicate with their trading partners, market their products and services online, generate new business opportunities and efficiently transact business over the W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Jack Holt, CEO & COO for S3 Matching Technologies Updated: 2008-03-18 03:01:18 Description: Jack Holt explains how Project Freebird is the internal name for S3’s self-service TeraMatch that allows analysts to be able to compare, combine and de-dupe disparate data sets with only a web browser and no software to install....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lance Walter, Vice President of Marketing for Pentaho Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Lance Walter gives an overview of Pentaho, explains why business intelligence buyers should consider open source, and describes how Pentaho differs from other open source business intelligence companies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cliff Longman, Chief Technology Officer of Kalido Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Cliff Longman provides an overview of Kalido, talks about their recently announced new and upgraded products, and explains the difference between a business model and a data model....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill Baker, Distinguished Engineer & General Manager of Microsoft Office Business Applications Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Bill Baker discusses Microsoft's inclusion in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms and the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Data Management Systems, and he also discusses the upcoming launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2008....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kim Stanick, Vice President of Marketing for ParAccel Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Kim Stanick discusses their recent launch, describes how companies have responded to their presence in the marketplace, and shares her opinions on why analytic database software and appliances are in such demand lately....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jared Mason, Sales Engineering Manager for Corda Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Jared Mason provides an overview of the new product that Corda launched at the TDWI World Conference and explains how they have extended Wayne Eckerson's three levels of dashboards....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tony Fisher, CEO, and Katie Fabiszak, Vice President of Marketing, of DataFlux Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Tony Fisher describes how the attitudes toward data quality have changed over the past 7 years, and Katie Fabiszak shares how the U.S. view of data quality compares to the way the rest of the world looks at data quality....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jerry Held, Executive Chairman of Vertica Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Jerry Held talks about the launch of Vertica 2.0, shares the performance advantages of column-oriented databases for handling analytic workloads, and explains how this benefits Vertica customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mark Theissen, Chief Operating Officer of DATAllegro Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Mark Theissen provides an overview of their suite of Teradata utilities and explains why DATAllegro is such a strong fit for Teradata users....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jim Jarvie, Director of Marketing and Communications for Identity Systems Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Jim Jarvie provides insight into their partner member status with TDWI, explains their new data quality offerings scheduled for release in March, and shares how their customers are using data matching in innovative ways....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tim Miller, Engineering Manager of Advanced Analytics for Teradata, and Ken Hausman, Product Marketing Manager of Data Integration Products for SAS Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Tim Miller and Ken Hausman discuss the SAS/Teradata partnership, explain why Teradata was selected as the first database, and discuss how this partnership benefits their joint customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bo Lungulescu, Principal Solutions Marketing Manager for Informatica Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Bo Lungulescu provides a definition of data migration, explains Informatica's focus in this area, describes the launch taking place at the TDWI World Conference, and shares how their customers use Data Migration Suite to achieve business goals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Thompson, General Manager of US Operations for Kognitio Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: John Thompson provides an overview of Kognitio and its presence in the marketplace, describes the value proposition of WX2, and explains the benefits of data as a service (DaaS)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jennifer Schmidt, Product Marketing Manager for Cognos Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Jennifer Schmidt explains why data quality is of critical importance to companies today, explains how Cognos supports data quality, and describes best practices related to data quality initiatives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John O'Brien, Chief Technology Officer for Dataupia Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: John O'Brien shares Dataupia's recent news, discusses how Dataupia defines operational BI, explains why it is a growing trend, and describes Dataupia Satori Server's workload management capabilities....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jenny Victor, Senior Marketing Manager for IBM Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:48 Description: Jenny Victor describes the recently announced InfoSphere Warehouse with Optim Data Retention, explains how it differs from traditional archiving and shares the specific way one of their customers leverages this tecnology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Santaferraro, Director of Marketing for HP's Business Intelligence Portfolio Updated: 2008-02-22 12:27:47 Description: John Santaferraro shares why he finds the world of business intelligence to be so exciting, explains how the HP business intelligence strategy can help customers, and provides advice for companies implementing business intelligence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Daniel Teachey, Corporate Communications Director for DataFlux Updated: 2008-02-19 23:05:01 Description: Daniel Teachey shares the biggest trend DataFlux has witnessed in the data qality industry in the last year and describes the biggest barriers companies face when implementing data governance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Philip Russom, Senior Manager for TDWI Research Updated: 2008-02-19 23:05:00 Description: Philip Russom talks about the special activities planned for the TDWI World Conferece in Chicago in May and about the findings of the recent data governance research project....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Neal Williams, Founder of Corda Technologies and Chief Scientist and President of Corda Services Updated: 2008-02-06 00:53:05 Description: Ron Powell and Neal Williams discuss the recent launch of Corda Services...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Arun Agarwal, Director of Emerging Solutions for Endeca Technologies Updated: 2008-01-26 13:12:58 Description: Arun Agarwal explains how their approach combines some of the best capabilities of both BI and search to enable a new class of decision making that lets everyday line of business managers understand information to make better decisions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Eberhard Franke, Chariman of the Board for FUZZY! Informatik AG Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:08 Description: Eberhard Franke provides an overview of FUZZY! Informatik AG and explains how DataCare combines proven know-how, reliable technology and renowned international data references with automated data quality....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: James R. Scapa, Chief Executive Officer at HiQube Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: James R. Scapa explains high performance enterprise analytics and the unique HiQube data engine technology that quickly delivers in-depth business analysis capability and superior reporting....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vishal Daga, Director of Business Development for Netezza Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Vishal Daga shares his views on business intelligence (BI), explains Netezza's current focus, and also discusses their partnership with MicroStrategy and how it has been affected by recent changes in the BI landscape....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Steve Bourgault, Global Product Manager, Business Intelligence Products, for MapInfo Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Steve Bourgault explains the benefits of leveraging location to enhance a business intelligence (BI) platform, and he also provides an overview of what Pitney Bowes MapInfo brings to the BI community....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shashank Garg, Co-Founder and Principal of InfoCepts Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Shashank Garg discusses the use of geographically distributed teams to accelerate business intelligence development, including the challenges and risks associated with this development method....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Randy Mattran, Vice President of Professional Services for Lancet Software Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Randy Mattran describes their long-time relationship with MicroStrategy, explains how Lancet's practice has evolved over the years, and talks about one of the interesting offerings they are now featuring....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lawrence Lun, CEO and President of Invexer Technology Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Lawrence Lun provides an overview of Invexer Technology, their data warehouse development process and methodology, and their specialization in MicroStrategy customization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stephen Brobst, Chief Technology Officer for Teradata Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Stephen Brobst looks at pervasive business intelligence (BI), explains Teradata's offerings around pervasive BI, and also explains mixed workloads and their importance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill Jacobs, Business Intelligence Evangelism Manager for Sybase, Inc. Updated: 2008-01-24 01:30:07 Description: Bill Jacobs discusses their innovation in providing powerful data stores for business intelligence (BI) analytic applications and how Sybase IQ can vastly improve the cost effectiveness of the underlying data stores employed in BI applications....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Yves Schabes, Cofounder, Principal and President of Teragram Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Yves Schabes provides an overview of Teragram and explains how they provide companies with text analytics solutions and language technologies including automatic categorization, taxonomy management, and entities and events extraction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: John Cassidy, Vice President of GIS and Government Markets at Tele Atlas North America Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: John Cassidy provides an overview of how Tele Atlas delivers accurate data that powers geographic solutions, explains their location technology solutions and provides examples of the benefits of incorporating geographic information....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Geoff Burkholder, WW FSI BI Solutions Director for HP Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Geoff Burkholder discusses operational BI, describes HP's Neoview BI strategy for the financial services industry, and talks about the biggest challenge to implementing a successful enterprise data warehouse/business intelligence environment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Julianna DeLua, Enterprise Solution Manager for Informatica Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Julianna DeLua explains pervasive business intelligence (BI) and explains the role of data integration for pervasive BI....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Moore, Sales Manager with DATAllegro Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Roger Moore explains what differentiates DATAllegro from its competitors, describes their typical client, and shares how DATAllegro works with MicroStrategy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Haddad, Chairman and CEO of KXEN Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Roger Haddad provides his views on the convergence of business intelligence and other types of analytics, and he describes how KXEN compares to SAS and SPSS....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vishal Daga, Director of Business Development for Netezza Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Vishal Daga shares his views on business intelligence (BI), explains Netezza's current focus, and also discusses their partnership with MicroStrategy and how it has been affected by recent changes in the BI landscape....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Smith, VP of Sales for WhereScape Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:40 Description: Richard Smith elaborates on WhereScape's relationship with Microstrategy, discusses how WhereScape's products aid Teradata, and talks about WhereScape's recent breakthroughs into the Software 500 and the Red Herring 100 List for Asia Pacific....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sybase IQ Analytics Server: Column-Based Solution for BI and Data Warehousing Updated: 2008-01-13 22:41:09 Description: Part one of four-part series, Introducing the Analytics Server....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sybase IQ for Analytics as a Service Updated: 2008-01-13 22:41:09 Description: Part four of four-part series, Introducing the Analytics Server....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sybase IQ for Advanced Analytics Updated: 2008-01-13 22:41:09 Description: Part three of four-part series, Introducing the Analytics Server....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sybase IQ for Rapid Reporting Updated: 2008-01-13 22:41:09 Description: Part two of four-part series, Introducing the Analytics Server....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Leland Putterman, Chief Executive Officer of Acorn Systems Updated: 2008-01-03 02:25:30 Description: Leland Putterman explains the importance of business profitability management and how Acorn Systems delivers accurate customer profitability analysis at the lowest total cost of ownership with enterprise-scale packaged software solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Wayne Rigney, CEO of Decisions Made Easy – The Nielsen Company Updated: 2007-12-31 01:53:56 Description: Wayne Rigney discusses how Cipher, their consumer goods-intelligence analytic software tool, helps retailers and CPG companies gain powerful insights into SKU and store-level performance by analyzing retailer direct POS and related data....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Ron Baker, President & Chief Executive Officer of ETI Updated: 2007-12-31 01:53:56 Description: Ron Baker provides discusses ETI’s data integration platform that allows seamless and flexible data synchronization, data migration and data services and is unmatched in its ability to undertake the largest and most complex integration depl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brian Wood, SAP’s Product Strategist for NetWeaver Enterprise Information Management Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:47 Description: Brian Wood explains how third-party, non-SAP systems and the data from them can be integrated into BI and analytics and discusses SAP’s metadata management strategy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matthias Weber, SAP’s Solution Marketing Manager for NetWeaver Enterprise Search Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Matthias Weber focuses his discussion on enterprise search, including the interplay between search and business intelligence, and describes how he envisions the role of search in the future....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rishi Diwan, SAP’s Senior Director of Marketing for Analytics and Performance Management Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Rishi Diwan describes the new developments surrounding Planning and Consolidation, explains how SAP’s offering differs from others, and provides examples of the Planning and Consolidation achievements of some of SAP customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ranga Bodla, SAP’s Director of Marketing for Analytics and Performance Management Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Ranga Bodla talks about SAP’s solution for strategy management, discusses how it interplays with SAP NetWeaver and other non-SAP products, and explains the importance of strategy management....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lothar Schubert, SAP's Director of Solution Marketing for SAP NetWeaver Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Lothar Schubert describes the strategy behind SAP NetWeaver 7.0 including its new features, discusses SAP NetWeaver BI and its most popular features, and explains how BI Accelerator differs from other tools that promise speed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sunil Gupta, Director of Solution Marketing for SAP NetWeaver Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Sunil Gupta comments on the reasons for the growing interest in master data management (MDM), explains the features that are important to customers, provides customer examples, and describes what makes SAP’s MDM solution unique....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amit Sinha, VP of Portfolio Marketing for SAP, and Lothar Schubert, Director of Solution Marketing for SAP NetWeaver Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Amit Sinha and Lothar Schubert provide an explanation of business network transformation or BNT – including the technical imperatives for organizations and the role information management plays – and describe what SAP provides for...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prakash Darji, SAP’s Product Manager of Corporate Performance Management Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Prakash Darji explains how widgets work with business intelligence, talks about the new development model he pioneered that is essentially open source, and tells how SAP can help business users collaborate around analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ravi Mohan, SAP’s VP of Applications Solution Management Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Ravi Mohan provides an overview of the key challenges for analytics, describes SAP’s operations performance management solutions and discusses SAP's broad portfolio of both horizontal and industry vertical analytic applications....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Helen Dwight, SAP’s Senior Director of Marketing in Analytics and Performance Management Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Helen Dwight discusses profitability management and the problems it solves, explaining why a dedicated solution for profitability management is necessary....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thomas Grassl, Director of Solutions Marketing for Duet Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Thomas Grassl describes Duet, a joint product between SAP and Microsoft that integrates SAP functionality into the Microsoft Office environment, and provides examples of what end users can accomplish with Duet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Axel Streichardt, Director of Solution Marketing for SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Axel Streichardt discusses governance, risk and compliance (GRC), explains why it is important to enterprises, and describes the benefits of SAP GRC....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andrew Cabanski-Dunning, Director of Product Marketing for SAP NetWeaver Updated: 2007-12-25 04:16:46 Description: Andrew Cabanski-Dunning discusses information lifecycle management (ILM), explains how it differs from straight archiving, describes SAP’s ILM solution and provides specific use cases for ILM....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Objects Data Quality Podcast #1 – Real-time Data Quality using SOA Updated: 2007-12-14 03:16:55 Description: Part one in the Business Objects Data Quality Podcast Series featuring Kristin McMahon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Objects Data Quality Podcast #2 – Applying Data Quality Processes to Industries Updated: 2007-12-14 03:16:55 Description: Part two in the Business Objects Data Quality Podcast Series featuring Bill Rojas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Objects Data Quality Podcast #3 – Data Quality for Global Data Updated: 2007-12-14 03:16:55 Description: Part three in the Business Objects Data Quality Podcast Series featuring Bill Rojas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Chris Doolittle, Vice President of Marketing of Teleran Updated: 2007-12-02 14:39:54 Description: Chris Doolittle discusses how Teleran’s products improve performance and end-user productivity, deliver compliance and governance controls, and reduce system resource and support costs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exclusive Interview: Whit Mathis, Vice President, Sales for Jinfonet Software Updated: 2007-11-29 02:34:33 Description: Whit Mathis explains embedded reporting, describes how it relates to operational business intelligence, provides the three major advantages of embedded reporting, and shares that JReport can be used at the departmental or full enterprise level....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Objects Podcast #1 – Why DI from a BI Vendor Updated: 2007-11-29 02:34:33 Description: Part one in the Business Objects Data Integration Podcast series featuring Philip On...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Objects Podcast #2 – Standardizing on DI and Business Objects Updated: 2007-11-29 02:34:33 Description: Part two in the Business Objects Data Integration Podcast series featuring Philip On...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business Objects Podcast #3 – Operational Data Integration Updated: 2007-11-29 02:34:33 Description: Part three in the Business Objects Data Integration Podcast series featuring Clive Bellmore...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gary Ashcraft, Senior Software Engineer at Corda Technologies Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Gary Ashcraft describes Corda's ability to assign data to maps and map shapes, explains Corda's method for visualizing data geographically, provides examples and benefits of visually appealing maps and discusses creating themes for dashboards....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bryan Enlow, an Information Technology Specialist for the State of Washington Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Bryan Enlow describes how the State of Washington uses Corda for their dashboards, discusses why they are pleased with Corda products, and shares the networking benefits of Corda's Visual Evolution conference....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michael Espinoza, Consultant with the EFT Group Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Michael Espinoza describes how EFT Group develops dashboards for government program in Peru and explains why they selected Corda for the dashboard projects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jared Mason, Sales Engineer at Corda Technologies Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Jared Mason discusses his conference presentations that provided an introduction to Corda's Builder and CenterView products, and he explains how CenterView provides unique drill-down capabilities for more effective data visualization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ned Payne, Business Analyst at United Capital Financial Advisers Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Ned Payne explains the benefits of Corda's Visual Evolution Conference where all the different users come together and show the ways that they deploy Corda as a solution, and describes why they selected Corda for their dashboards....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jon Stowell, Director of Technology for Sharp Analytics Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Jon Stowell describes Sharp Analytics focus on helping customers make the most of the data they have, shares how they provide business intelligence solutions to their customers, and describes how Corda CenterView is used in their solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Rome, Director of Business Intelligence for Arizona State University Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: John Rome discusses Arizona's State's history of business intelligence and data warehousing, and provides insight into the "actionable" dashboards that they have deployed for their faculty and students using Corda Technologies products....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eric Nunn, Consultant for the Crito Group Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Eric Nunn provides an overview of the Crito Group and explains the dashboard development that they doing with Corda products, adding that the conference enabled him to learn lots useful dashboard tips and tricks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Glenn Hess, Sales Engineer at Corda Technologies Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Glenn Hess provides an overview of his conference presentation on Effective Advanced Visualization with Datafunnels, Drill-down and Hovers, and provides advice for implementing visualization dashboards....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jeff Gill, Director of OSS Service at Comcast Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Jeff Gill explains how Comcast deploys Corda solutions to develop tactical real-time operational dashboards that explain how the business is running at a glance and enable Comcast to better understand how their customers are using what they sell....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tamara Monson, Director of Project Development, and Robert Preciado, Director of Tactical Software Development, for Limelight Networks Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Tamara Monson and Robert Preciado provide an overview of Limelight Networks, explain why they need to deploy dashboards, and discuss why they're looking at Corda to replace their current solution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vincenza Krikorian, Manager of Application Development at ViroPharma Updated: 2007-11-10 00:55:26 Description: Vincenza Krikorian describes ViroPharma, explains why they need to visually represent data and how the conference is helping her gain education on visual tools and dashboards to determine how ViroPharma can best utilize them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Daley, CEO of Pentaho Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Richard Daley provides an overview of Pentaho, explains open source, describes the current state of the open source business intelligence market and shares his outlook for open source in 2008....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dave Menninger, Vice President of Global Marketing & Product Management for InforSense Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Dave Menninger offers his opinion about all of the acquisition activity in the business intelligence (BI) market, describes the problems that InforSense solves for customers, and explains how InforSense differs from other BI vendors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barry Zane, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of ParAccel Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Barry Zane talks about the launch of ParAccel and the ParAccel Analytic Database, and he explains why the ParAccel Analytic Database is columnar in nature, schema neutral and requires no tuning....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nick Halsey, Vice President of Marketing for JasperSoft Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Nick Halsey describes the major new features of JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite 2.1 and the new product line extensions to the Jasper4Salesforce software-as-a-service product line....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Philip Russom, Senior Manager for TDWI Research Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Philip Russom discusses TDWI's two-day summit on data governance, describes typical starting points for a company's data governance initiative, and explains the role of a data governance committee....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scott Opitz, CEO of Altosoft Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Scott Opitz explains operational BI, how it differs from traditional BI, how Web 2.0 technologies are incorporated into Altosoft dashboards and how Altosoft can analyze data from multiple data sources without a data warehouse....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don Tirsell, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Informatica Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Don Tirsell discusses the release of Informatica 8.5, the themes and key capabilities of the release, and how this version supports enterprise-wide Integration Competency Center (ICC) deployments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dave Randall, Director of Channel and Alliance Engineering for DataMirror Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Dave Randall shares the value that DataMirror provides to their clients, discusses the recent acquisition by IBM, and shares the busines intelligence challenges that companies are currently facing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Irem Radzik, Director of Product Marketing for GoldenGate Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Irem talks about real-time business intelligence, focusing on whether it is something every industry requires and whether or not real-time is difficult to implement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yves de Montcheuil, Vice President of Marketing for Talend Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Yves de Montcheuil talks about Talend's open source package, their software-as-a-service offering for on-demand integration and their enterprise integration product, focusing on how they fit with one another....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Max Rivera, Director of Technology Business Unit at Oracle Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Max Rivera discusses Oracle Data Integrator's ELT versus ETL data integration pattern, how it improves data warehouse loading performances, the connection with SOA technologies and how Oracle brings data quality to the table....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matthew Sell, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Business Objects Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Matthew Sell discusses Business Objects recently announced Crystal Reports 2008, the product's new features, its advantages, availability and cost....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Daniel Teachey, Corporate Communications Director for DataFlux Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Daniel Teachey describes the notable changes in 2007 that have impacted DataFlux and the data quality market, and provides his perspective on data governance and master data management....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Orf, CEO of DataMentors Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Bob Orf discusses their focus on data quality, explains the costs that result from having poor quality data and explains how business intelligence analytics software can help marketers interpret the plethora of information available to them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jim McManus, Vice President of Channels and Alliances for Dataupia Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Jim McManus shares the latest announcements from Dataupia, describes the top pain points that businesses are citing when implementing a data management system, and explains how Dautaupia is addressing these concerns for their customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Miriam Tuerk, President and CEO of Infobright Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Miriam Tuerk explains why data warehousing has become a major area of focus for CIOs, enumerates the challenges facing data warehouse professionals today, and explains how Infobright's BrightHouse supports users doing complex analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ellen Rubin, Vice President of Marketing for Netezza Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Ellen Rubin discusses the success of their recent international user conference, explains the Netezza Developer Network, and describes the power of the appliance approach for real-time analysis and predictive analytics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amir Biran, CEO of Zoomix Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Amir Biran explains their new product, the Zoomix Accelerator, and how it solves the very painful problems of inconsistencies in data and provides the solution at the source as part of a business process in very automatic fashion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wayne Eckerson, Director of Research and Services for TDWI Updated: 2007-11-01 13:33:10 Description: Wayne Eckerson talks about the data governance track at the current conference, their upcoming Master Data Management Insight conference, their Executive Summit event, and the BI Maturity Model....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matt Wroblewski, Director of Marketing Research at Lincoln Financial Updated: 2007-10-30 10:34:44 Description: Matt Wroblewski talks about predictive analytics and how their sales and marketing organization uses predictive analytics to segment their customer base and develop more effective sales and marketing strategies to drive top line growth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robert Stackowiak, Vice President of Business Intelligence at Oracle Updated: 2007-10-30 10:34:44 Description: Bob Stackowiak explains why competing in today's market conditions requires predictive analytics, describes how Oracle supports companies as they journey toward becoming predictive enterprises and talks about Oracle's partnership with SPSS....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kris Nietz, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions at SPSS Updated: 2007-10-30 10:34:44 Description: Kris Nietz talks about what it takes to be on the predictive analytics journey, shares how SPSS customers use predictive analytics and describes how those customers got to where t | |||||
