Outsourcing Your Data Warehouse
I was intrigued by a recent post on the CORTEX about Optus signing a three year deal with HP Enterprise Services…
Technology for technology’s sake
I have been knocking around the IT industry in Australia for a while now and it started to occur to…
Government IT Savings Success – Time to Open the Piggy Bank…Carefully
Australia's Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner recently heralded the Gershon Review and resultant reforms by Federal Government as a success. A…
“Storage Dreams” and the greatest things since sliced bread!
Last week I attended the 16th Annual Computer Old-Timers Lunch, and it always provides an opportunity to reflect on the…
In-Database analytics: Teradata and SAS lead in speed by ‘thinking inside the box’
Too many companies think slow -- outside the data warehouse box -- when it comes to advanced analytics. Despite the…
Decision Mashups
Last week I presented my thoughts on mashups at the Data Warehouse 2.0 Asia Pacific Summit. I talked mainly about…
Data Integration: Hand-coding Using ETL Tools
We are creatures of habit. It’s not easy to stop doing something the way we’ve always done it. Especially when…
Am I a Dinosaur already?
Last month I attended the 2009 CIO Executive Summit in Sydney. There were a number of interesting and challenging presentations,…
Supply Chain Facts and Statistics – The opportunities that lie beneath.
Are you ready to self-fund your business improvements? In my experience I have found that there are simple steps an…
I Have a Query
Most of my conversations during the Washington conference last week were about Teradata’s cloud computing offerings and the significance of…
