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How Fast Will Chrome Tarnish?
09. 3.2008
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Kas Thomas
It's too soon to know what to make of Google's new Chrome browser (I've only been hammering on it a short time), but I have to admit I was disappointed (if unsurprised) by the two-dimensional, low-tech-feeling and all-too-familiar baby-blue "skin" of the UI. (Can you imagine Adobe perpetrating such an eyesore?) Welcome, once again, to Google Beta-ware. Here are some random impressions:

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Neil Raden
Just a User
09. 2.2008
When you sign up for a Webinar, or even just register to download a white paper, you can be sure that you will shortly get a follow-up phone call. The caller almost never has any inkling what you or their client does, so the questions are sometimes amusing, other times pretty dumb. I haven't gotten so old and cranky yet that this ruins my day, but I got a call last week that was notable...

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Open Source Blossoms at TDWI
09. 2.2008
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Mark Madsen
The people who say that open source has no impact or visibility in the data warehouse market were shown to be wrong at the TDWI conference in San Diego. Jaspersoft, Talend, Ingres and newcomer Kickfire all had booths at this event. That's a big change from no presence roughly 18 months ago. What's notable is that we're not talking about just BI tools...

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Seth Grimes
Learning about Text Analytics
08.29.2008
I spend a lot of time on teaching materials on text analytics: articles, presentations, and courses. I've gotten positive feedback about my introductory materials, which I designed for practitioners (like myself) rather than for academics or researchers. There are great resources out there — technical papers and white papers, case studies, software, etc. — but you have to get the basics down first...

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Celko on SQL: Dividing the Spoils
September 2, 2008
by Joe Celko
In this database programming challenge, SQL guru Joe Celko explores various ways to split commissions among multiple sales people.

Seven Steps to Successful BI Competency Centers
August 24, 2008
by Doug Henschen
From setting a strategic vision and gaining C-level support to promoting successes and responding to emergencies, follow these seven suggestions for developing BICCs that boost business performance.

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IBM Expands Its Information On Demand Strategy
The updated software tools help position the company as a provider of all of a business' data management needs, including content management, data cleansing, and data integration.

Start-Ups Bring Google's Parallel Processing To Data Warehousing
Aster and Greenplum have made Google's MapReduce compatible with SQL for use in the parallel data warehousing systems based on open source PostgreSQL.

User Group Hosting Discussions On SAP Price Hikes
SAP is holding firm on its plan to raise maintenance fees to 22% over the next four years, despite some customers' opposition to the plan.

SugarCRM Upgrades To 5.1 With Reporting, Analytics, Tracking
The new Tracker feature tells an employer which salespeople are making use of SugarCRM's capabilities, which features are most frequently used, and which are being ignored.

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by Joe Celko - September 2, 2008
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