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September 17, 2003 Vol 6 No 15

Breaking Out of the Warehouse
Is BI just a different way of saying "data warehousing"? Hardly; BI has a long and interesting path ahead that will take it out of its friendly confines and into a much larger data universe.
by Michael L. Gonzalez

What Are You Measuring?
To deliver competitive advantage through analytics and performance management, you need to begin by measuring and analyzing the business itself. Michael Porter's 20 year-old notion of value chain analysis gives us a good place to start.
by Creighton Lang

Twelve That Get It
Taking the pulse of BI leadership, we've found a dozen companies meeting success in BI implementation — and achieving business goals to become smarter, faster, and more profitable.
by David Stodder

TRENDS & FEEDBACK

EDITOR'S PAGE
BI technology is a means, not an end.

NEWS & ANALYSIS
Aggressive consolidation continues ... Ascential and Informatica reveal new directions in data integration ... BEA's WebLogic 8.1 forces Gartner to create a new quadrant.

CELKO
The incredible, unquantifiable beef and how it can foul up your database.
by Ian Shoales

PRODUCTS & PLATFORMS

PRODUCT REVIEW
Crystal Analysis 9 delivers integrated OLAP for reporting.
by David McAmis

PIPELINE
New product releases for intelligent enterprises.

THOUGHT LEADER

STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE
Data warehouse and BI experts debate key challenges ahead.
by David Stodder

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

DECISION SUPPORT
"Real Time" isn't an expression to be tossed about lightly.
by Philip Russom

DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGNER
A misperception corrected: Dimensional models are great for the enterprise.
by Margy Ross & Ralph Kimball

COLLABORATIVE COMMERCE

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS
Innovation, Ellison, and you: Angst roils the software industry.
by Joshua Greenbaum

DEPARTMENTS

CLOSED LOOP
Open Competition, Is Data Mining Next?, Learning More