The Bolus of Bucks
28,720. That's approximately how many words (by my word processor's count) it takes to appropriate $20B for the US healthcare…
IT Budget Forecast Lowered but…
Yesterday IDC lowered its forecast (IDC Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending Growth of 0.5% in 2009) for IT spending from its…
Using Business Intelligence to Catch Wasteful US Spending?
Until recently, if you wanted to find out where your US taxpayer money was going, the best you could do…
Giant Brains: Did Edmund Berkeley Predict Email, the Internet, ERP Systems and the iPhone in 1949?
Now that prediction season is coming to an end, it’s time to reflect on how technology always changes, but the…
Is There Such a Thing as Good Gut Decisions?
Thinking and Emotions are Inextricably Linked It's long been known that real-life decision-making involves more than just data and logic.…
MicroStrategy: The Start of the End? or Just a New Product Cycle?
MicroStrategy announced their 4Q 2008 results yesterday. The stock price rose, since the company beat analyst estimates, but as InformationWeek…
BusinessObjects is The Best Thing About SAP Business Suite 7?
As I’m sure everybody knows by now, SAP launched Business Suite 7 last week. There was a “let’s-wait-and-see” attitude in…
More Milk Please, Ermintrude! A Classic Decision Trap?
According to a recent article published in Scientific American, the authors of study assert that: "Farmers who have named their…
Branding Your BI Solution: Everything Up to And Including Theme Music?
Branding and other forms of internal marketing are absolutely essential for successful BI projects -- and it's an area where…
