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Joe Celko
Barry Grushkin
Nicholas Imparato
Ralph Kimball
Ian Shoales
Erik Thomsen

Joe Celko

Of all his articles, Joe Celko is most fond of those in which he teaches SQL. His articles appeared in Database Programming & Design and DBMS magazines before they were merged into Intelligent Enterprise. Although Joe does still focus on SQL in many of his columns, his columns for Intelligent Enterprise have taken a personal note relating his travels and life in the trade. Here is a mix of columns that represent both his technical and personal sides.

Layoff Lowdown
Let me pink slip into something more comfortable
September 18, 2001

Mental Model Meltdown
You need the right question in order to find the right answer
March 8, 2001

The Bored and the Restless
Sometimes you need to return to your roots in order to move on
January 30, 2001

Hollywood Couples
Relationships are harder than you think
January 1, 2001

Ten Things I Hate About You
SQL needs to break old habits and find its own voice.
December 05, 2000

Trees in SQL
Some answers to some common questions about SQL trees and hierarchies.
October 20, 2000

SMOP
A simple matter of programming
September 29, 2000

Playing the Name Game
Understanding the distinctions between a unique entity, a collection of indistinguishable units, and a divisible mass will help you design the best database for your needs.
September 8, 2000

Auxiliary Angst
SQL Techniques for Manipulating Tables
December 21, 1999

Compare this
No, it's not the same thing!
November 1998

Barry Grushkin

In each column, Barry Grushkin attempts to penetrate some fundamental issue displaying the hidden components needed to move to the next generation of a business intelligence capability. Though often focusing on technologies with some interesting quantitative or algorithmetric bent, he covers the gamut from knowledge management to data mining, visualization, on-line analytic processing, CRM, artificial intelligence, learning algorithms, agents, and finance. Barry often combines more then one of these topics at a time with his interest in technological integration and the underlying ideas that found and often advance multiple technological streams. Comparing and viewing the business capabilities facilitated by these new and advancing technologies is also a theme woven into his pieces.

When the Agents Come Marching In
Understanding how different systems of agents behave is the first step in garnering business value
July 17, 2000

Eye Spy
Diverse new visualization methods are improving information discovery
June 5, 2000

The Solution Engine
"Search engines" keep us searching, but we can do better with technology we have now
December 21, 1999

A Savvy Decision
Money and technology continue to shape the firm of the future
July 23, 2001

Tale of Two Worlds
Bringing OLAP and data mining together can produce something worth more than the sum of its parts
August 24, 1999

More for Less
New, more complex neural net design yields better prediction results
May 15, 2000

Artifacts of the Future
Cognitive models of prediction from sketchy evidence can ENrich formal data analysis techniques
February 9, 2000

Connect the Dots
Choosing the right model and learning laws can drastically improve your decisions
March 1, 2000

Win-Win Marketing
Give your sales force more receptive target markets while focusing onlong-term profitability
October 5, 1999

Context Dependency
How can we push the envelope of accuracy in textual knowledge search?
September 29, 2000

Nicholas Imparato

Nicholas Imparato is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and professor of management at the University of San Francisco. He has served on the boards of directors of both public and privately held firms and works internationally in the areas of innovation and revenue growth as well as at the intersection of business strategy and public policy.

Greenspan, the Knowledge Economy, and Mickey Mouse
Deciding on how to deal with copyright says volumes on how we want to lubricate the economy
August 10, 2001

On the Road to the New Economy
An international tour of Internet financial applications and ideas supports ages-old, basic truths about business
March 8, 2001

Web Wars for All Seasons
Strategic Knowledge: Privacy is about commerce and responsibility
September 14, 1999

Innovation Leadership Undone
The IT revolution as a "made in America" phenomenon is under threat
March 9, 1999

The Tbilisi Experience
The search for the knowledge advantage goes democratic
January 05, 1999

Transitions and the Fortune 500
Outside-in management will be the key to long-term corporate longevity
November 1998

Ralph Kimball

Ralph Kimball has always been an advocate for the end users of computer systems. Throughout his data warehousing career, Ralph has taken an engineer's perspective, developing techniques to make data warehouses faster and more understandable. Most of the 85 articles he has written over the years for DBMS and Intelligent Enterprise magazines have been devoted to dimensional modeling, a discipline first developed by marketing database syndicators in the 1970s. Ralph teaches data warehousing design techniques through Kimball University and has three best selling data warehouse books in print.

Adjust Your Thinking for SANs
March 8, 2001

Spatial Enabling Your Data Warehouse
January 1, 2001

Watching the Watchers
July 17, 2000

Digital Preservation
March 1, 2000

Remove Security From Your Database Tables
October 5, 1999

The Data Webhouse Has No Center
July 13, 1999

Coping With the Brave New Requirements
November 1998

Brave New Requirements for Data Warehousing
October 1998

Help for Hierarchies
September 1998

Help for Dimensional Modeling
August 1998

Pipelining Your Surrogates
June 1998

Surrogate Keys
May 1998

Bringing Up Supermarts
January 1998

A Dimensional Modeling Manifesto
August 1997

Aggregate Navigation with (Almost) No Metadata
August 1996

Ian Shoales

Ian Shoales is a pen name of Merle Kessler. First heard on National Public Radio's (NPR's) "All Things Considered," in 1979, Merle has since been featured on NPR's "Morning Edition," ABC's "Nightline," and online in Salon Magazine. His commentaries also air weekly on ABC's overnight news program, "World News Now." Merle is also a playwright, screenwriter, fiction writer, and lyricist. He co-created Dr. Science (with Dan Coffey), and is a founding member of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2000. A collection of his commentaries, Not Wet Yet, is available from 2.13.61 Publications. (http://two1361.com/books/notwetyet.html)

Dotcomedy
March 1, 2000

Business Models
January 20, 2000

Outside the Box
December 1998

Cloning Dodos
March 27, 2001

Web and FedEx
May 15, 2000

Smart Fridge Work at Home
April 10, 2000

New Age Web
October 20, 2000

Computer as Pal
November 16, 1999

Teeny Internet
July 13, 1999

Bacterium and DSL
January 1, 2001

Erik Thomsen

Erik Thomsen is cofounder of Power Thinking Tools, which developed the first OLAP engine with integrated statistics, visualization, text processing, and object management. He is a researcher and consultant for Dimensional Systems and focuses on integrated multitechnology analytic solutions. Erik is also the author of OLAP Solutions (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) and coauthor of Microsoft OLAP Solutions (John Wiley & Sons, 1999).

The Right Frame of Mind
Understanding analytic frameworks is necessary
June 29, 2001

Information Impact: Business Analytics Revealed
This special series explains how to measure and quantify the value of your company's critical information.
Part I: http://www.intelligententerprise.com/010613/feat1_1.jhtml
Part II: http://www.intelligententerprise.com/010629/feat3_1.jhtml
Part III: http://www.intelligententerprise.com/010831/413feat3_1.jhtml
June 13, 2001

Data vs. Knowledge
What should knowledge management software be managing?
April 10, 2000

The Decision Bot
DSS can benefit from developments in robotics
January 20, 2000

Through the Looking Glass
If portals can't combat information overload, they're nothing more than data warehouse interfaces by a new name
September 14, 1999

Symmetry Lost
How new standards of dimensional symmetry are improving querying and analysis - and what's still missing
March 30, 1999

It's an Uncertain World
The ability to manage uncertainty goes a long way toward intelligent decision making
December 1998

Decision Alchemy
Turning rules, data, statistical analyses, assumptions, and goals into valuable decisions
October 1998