RickSherman

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Report Governance is Key to Consistent Business Information

Much has been written about managing an enterprise BI Program and implementing…

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BI M&A Continues with a Twist: QlikTech Acquires Expressor

QlikTech (QLIK), a leading independent business intelligence (BI) vendor, announced today it…

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BI’s Dirty Secrets – The Unfortunate Domination of Manually-Coded Extracts

Manually-coded extracts are another dirty secret of the BI world. I’ve been…

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Prepare for the Big-Data Labor Shortfall

Where are all the big-data people? A recent front-page article in the…

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BI’s Dirty Secrets – Why Business People are Addicted to Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are the top BI tool of choice. That choking…

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BI’s Dirty Secrets

The overwhelming amount of articles, seminars, white papers and product announcements on…

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Connecting the Dots: Misunderstood Dimensional Models

One of the debates one hears when designing a data warehouse  is…

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MDM Goes Beyond the Data Warehouse

Enterprises are awash with data from customers, suppliers, employees and their operational…

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Connecting the BI Dots: An Introduction

When I teach my master’s degree classes I use slides to present…

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Data Integration Processes: It’s Not the Tool, It’s How You Use It

In my discussions with clients, prospects, students and networking with folks at…

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