Wayne Eckerson
Wayne Eckerson is director of research at The Data Warehousing Institute, the industry's premier provider of in-depth, high-quality training and education in the data warehousing and business intelligence fields. He can be reached at weckerson@tdwi.org.
Recent Stories From this Author
Creating Effective KPIs
July 25, 2006 Key performance indicators are powerful tools to affect change within the organization
Creating Effective KPIs
May 31, 2006 Key performance indicators (KPIs) are levers that executives pull to move the
üorganization in new directions and are,...
What Are Performance Dashboards?
October 31, 2005 Performance dashboards are only as effective as the organization they seek to measure. Organizations without central control or...
Moving BI to the Enterprise
August 31, 2005 In the past five years, many BI tools vendors have made their product lines more friendly. The result is that many...
ADEs: The Rise of Buy and Extend BI Tools
May 31, 2005 Analytic development environments (ADEs), the newest development technique on the block, promise to accelerate the development...
The Dawn of the BI Director
February 28, 2005 Today, the stepchild status is changing. One sign of change is the growing stature of BI Directors who oversee data warehousing...
Gauge Your Data Warehouse Maturity
October 31, 2004 A data warehousing maturity model provides a quick way for you to
ügauge where your data warehousing initiative is now and...
The "Soft Side" of Real-Time BI
July 31, 2004 There are several critical factors involved in "real-time" BI systems
üthat have nothing to do with technology. To succeed in...
Data Profiling: A Tool Worth Buying (Really!)
May 31, 2004 Skip data profiling in your data warehousing project,
üand you may find yourself mired in a cycle of "code, load and
üexplode."
The Urge to Merge: Standardizing on an Enterprise BI Platform
February 29, 2004 Standardizing on one business intelligence (BI) platform offers substantial financial and strategic benefits. However, it
ücan...
