Executive Interview
Connecting with Ed Peters
DataDirect Technologies supplies all major database vendors with connectivity components. Ed Peters, DataDirect president and CEO, explains the company's focus and also comments on the recent announcement of their pending acquisition by Progress Software.
Feature Articles
Enterprise Data Architecture: Who Needs It?
By Rand Losey
Master Data Management: Cross-System Assessment
By Tim Walsh
Leveraging Innovative Finance and Performance Management Capabilities
By Michael R. Sutcliff
Beyond ROI ... Justifying a Business Intelligence Initiative
By Thomas Groh
Business Continuity for IT Managers
By William Laurent
Columns
A Message from the Vice President of Communications
By Denis Kosar
Let Me Do It!
By Susan Osterfelt
Hybrid Approaches to Business Intelligence
By William McKnight
Multifaceted Data Access in the Data Warehouse, Part 1
By Michael Jennings
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 1
By Larry English
Real-Time to Real-Value
By Richard Hackathorn
Decision Enablement: Putting the "Decision" Back in "Decision Support"
By Larry Goldman
Data Mining is Dead – Long Live Predictive Analytics!
By Lou Agosta
Designing the Optimal Meta Data Tool, Part 3
By David Marco
The Year of Compliance, Part 1
By Claudia Imhoff
Enterprise Architecture for Enterprise Integration, Part 2
By Clive Finkelstein
Pity the CIO
By Bill Inmon
Trends in Customer Matching Systems
By David M. Raab
Business Intelligence Benefits: Don't Forget the Revenue!
By Shari Rogalski, Spyro Karakizis
The Most Important BI Merger Isn't Making Headlines
By Dan Sullivan
Getting Started: The BPM Project Life Cycle
By Craig Schiff
Essential Steps in the Data Integration Process
By Rick Sherman
The Evolution of the Model
By Laura Reeves
MineSet Reloaded
By Herb Edelstein, Janet Millenson
Data Standards and Data Models
By David Loshin
Overcoming Political Challenges in Corporate Performance Management
By Jane Griffin
Product Reviews
Allied Office Products Uses the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite to Gain a 360-Degree View of Customers
Gaylord Entertainment Fine Tunes Problem SQL with BMC Software's SQL Explorer
BMC Software, Inc. - BMC SQL Explorer for Oracle
DataFlux Allows Continuous Quality Control for Intellidyn
DataFlux Corporation - DataFlux Data Management Solution
InsightAmerica Delivers Unrivaled Information Products with DataLever
DataLever Corporation - DataLever Enterprise Server
Global Companies LLC Hedges Risk and Increases Sales in Volatile Market with Decision Support's DQpowersuite Data Integration and Reporting Tools
Decision Support Inc. - DQpowersuite
Argosy Hits the Jackpot with Hummingbird
Hummingbird Ltd. - Hummingbird ETL
Informatica PowerCenter Helps ING U.S. Financial Services Implement Data Integration Best Practices
Informatica Corporation - Informatica PowerCenter
Florida Department of Children and Families Integrates Multiple Applications, Databases with InterSystems' Ensemble Integration Platform
InterSystems Corporation - InterSystems Ensemble
Alcan Corporation Saves $16 Million Annually with the Help of Integration Strategy from iWay Software
iWay Software, an Information Builders Company - iWay Integration Framework
SmartDM Enhances Direct Marketing Application with Data Junction Integration Studio
Pervasive Software - Data Junction Integration Studio
Baylor Makes the Grade with SAS
SAS Institute Inc. - SAS ETL Studio (formerly known as SAS/Warehouse Administrator)
Data Integration Solution from Sunopsis Helps Global Tire Manufacturer Improve Communications, Optimize Manufacturing Operations and Generate Significant Cost Savings
Sunopsis Inc. - Sunopsis Data Conductor
MDRC Eliminates a SAS Bottleneck and Reduces Processing Time by up to 65 Percent with SyncSort
Syncsort Incorporated - SyncSort for Windows/NT
Departments
From the Publisher
By Ron Powell
