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This
is a short issue, just to let you know about an
upcoming speaking engagement and to share some
BI industry insights.
If you're in the Boston area, I'll be speaking
at the following DAMA gathering:
Who: DAMA International, Boston
Chapter
Topic: Rick Sherman's "Ten
Principles for Increasing the Business Value of
your Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence
Investments"
When: Thursday May 4, 2006, 3:00-5:00
PM
Where: Waltham, MA
Cost: Free, and so are the refreshments
Registration,
directions, and more information. (You must
pre-register)
Industry
Insights
Is
Oracle serious about business intelligence?
Oracle
is serious about business intelligence…this
time for sure! Oracle has offered business intelligence
in different flavors through different product
groupings over the years. But it’s been
a little confusing.
A
personal example illustrates the market confusion
at times on Oracle’s BI offerings. I requested
a customer presentation and demo last year with
Oracle for one of my clients. Oracle sent seven
people representing different product groups,
which outnumbered the three customers at the meeting.
As the meeting got underway...
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Hyperion
Solutions acquires UpStream Software
In
an acquisition greeted positively by analysts
and users, Hyperion Solutions announced it is
acquiring privately-held Upstream Software.
UpStream’s
product, called WebLink DM, provides “a
data readiness and guided workflow application
that is used to track the movement of financial
information from source to report.” (Quote
from Hyperion’s press release of April 20,
2006)
What
does that mean? Sometimes concepts do not lend
themselves to easy classification and may be difficult
to get the market’s attention...
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Please
feel free to share any of your thoughts on these
topics in the blog's comments section or via email.
Rick
Sherman, Athena IT Solutions
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