Lately, we at Xtivia have seen a marked uptick for interest in open source ETL tools. Each customer situation is unique, but I would like to propose a few factors that you should review before making the decision: Incumbent Tool Set:  Decisions around your choice of an ETL tool are affected by a lot of different things. End of the year or introductory pricing always looks...
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Absolutely! The reports from Gartner are great (at least from my perspective) and there is a lot of useful information in them. I found the latest one particularly engaging.   As I read through the report, I started thinking about what it means to us (as practitioners in the Business Intelligence space) and thought I would jot down a few of my thoughts.   Data...
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We get quite a few questions around Dashboards and Scorecards. I think it is good to enumerate the differences between the two so that when you are ready to implement you don't lose sight of the differences. So, without further ado, here are the differences that I like to use...   Dashboard Scorecard ...
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Several weeks ago USAToday actually published an article about business intelligence on the front page.  The story started with a discussion of a solar panel manufacturer so you had to read a little more to find out that the story really was about BI.  I was pleased that an article like this would be published in such a prominent place.  However, it was interesting to see that...
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