By I recently posted on the question of whether we really understand business intelligence (BI) http://www.capgemini.com/ctoblog/2009/08/have_we_really_understood_what.php and quite quickly got into a lively debate. Everybody seemed in agreement that...
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IT Vigilante: how Charles Bronson would develop applications
By Ron Tolido
3CommentsI am obviously old enough to remember Charles Bronson in his most famous acting role: as a vigilante, ruthlessly taking care of any criminal crossing his path. Deserted by the police and judges, he has nothing but himself – and a few nasty street...
Read moreWhat is a Portal For?
Silly question, we all know the answer. It’s a way of providing a consolidated view of a large amount of data in a manner that suits the user. In case you want reassurance read the standard Wikipedia definition Regular readers will recognise that...
Read moreOracle OpenWorld: innovation. 2009 style.
Who said that IT does not create economic value? Oracle proved differently this week at their OpenWorld 2009 conference in San Francisco. At least, so did the 40000 conference attendees that swarmed the city and almost single-handedly reanimated the...
Read moreBusiness Intelligence with 1.3 Terabytes of in-memory Database
I recently blogged about changes in the meaning of business intelligence and how we can better use it to support real-time decision making. This raised a lot of great comments. Larry Ellison made his own impact on this topic with a webcast to...
Read moreDelivering differentiation – with your sanity intact!
I have had posts, emails and been questioned about differentiation so much recently, here are some thoughts on the challenge. Differentiation is clearly the lifeblood of successful completion in the market, so not surprisingly, everyone is focussed...
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