Comparing Business Intelligence and Data Integration Best-of-breed ...

by Lyndsay Wise ... It is important to note that though, for many vendors, ETL is only a part of their offering, this article will focus strictly on the ETL functionality those ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2006/03/research_notes/TU_BI_LW_03_07_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-03-07 Summary: There are two types of extract transform and load (ETL) vendors. Business intelligence (BI) vendors integrate ETL functionality into their overall BI framework, while best-of-breed data integration vendors, who provide enhanced ETL functionality, have an increased focus on data cleansing and integrity.

Informatica Morphs into Enterprise Decision Support Vendor

by M. Reed ... up FTP parameters for flat file transfers (flat files need to be on the same machine as the ETL server as ... (See TEC News Analysis article: "Informatica Conforms ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/01/research_notes/VN_DW_MFR_01_00_1.asp - 17k - 2000-01-01 Summary: Informatica Corporation, long an established vendor in the Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) market space, has morphed themselves into a vendor of solutions for the

Innovations in Business Intelligence

by Anna Mallikarjunan ... brackets is practically impossible; what we illustrate in this article is simply ... Extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes bring data from operational data ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2008/08/research_notes/MN_BI_AM_08_25_08_1.asp - 17k - 2008-08-25 Summary: Business intelligence (BI) is in the midst of a new wave of innovations. Ideas in the search space, software as a service, and real-time analytics are extending the reach of BI across the complete size spectrum of organizations. This article looks at these technologies and their impact on businesses.

Continuous Data Quality Management: The Cornerstone of Zero ...

by Greg Leman, CEO, Metagenix, Inc. ... run every night immediately following the successful completion of an ETL job. ... This article is published by TEC because it contains some useful information for ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2002/10/research_notes/MI_DW_XGL_10_18_02_1.asp - 18k - 2002-10-18 Summary: Most enterprises fight fires with axes, fire hoses, trucks, and hordes of firemen, but the CDQM approach is a smoke detector. It’s far less expensive to put a fire out when it’s just smoldering, rather than to extinguish a blazing house fire and then remodel the entire house.

Business Intelligence: Its Ins and Outs

by Mukhles Zaman ... The purpose of this article is to clarify what BI is and to discuss ... build data warehouses (DW), data marts, and installed extract transform load (ETL) tools to ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/04/research_notes/TU_BI_MZ_04_26_05_1.asp - 24k - 2005-04-26 Summary: In today's highly competitive business climate, the quality and timeliness of business information for an organization is not only a choice between profit and loss, it is a question of survival or bankruptcy. No business organization can deny the inevitable benefits of business intelligence.

Informix Decides to Start Analyzing Websites

by L. Talarico ... sets of tools by tapping its expertise in Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) and Database ... vendors that compete in this space can be found in the article: What Good ... http:/.../research/researchhighlights/ecommerce/2000/10/news_analysis/na_ec_ljt_10_13_00_1.asp - 10k - 2000-10-13 Summary: Informix, a leader in data warehousing and business intelligence software, has developed an application named i. Decide Web Success that promises to provide dot-coms and clicks-and-mortar organizations with a database independent platform for analyzing their web data.

The Lexicon of CRM - Part 1: From A to I

by Randy Garland ... For more details, see the Article CRM is Busting Out of It's Britches: Operational, Analytical, and Collaborative ... ETL - Extraction, Transformation, and Loading ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2001/10/research_notes/TU_CR_RGG_10_12_01_1.asp - 23k - 2001-10-12 Summary: C.R.M. itself is an acronym, standing for Customer Relationship Management. This is part one of three-part article to provide explanation and meaning for most of the common CRM phraseology. Here, in alphabetical order, is the Lexicon of CRM.

Sagent Technology Reports Strong Growth

by M. Reed ... In addition to their ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) tool, they are making ... vendors moving to integrated solutions (See TEC News Analysis Article: "Data Warehouse ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/10/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_10_27_99_1.asp - 6k - 1999-10-27 Summary: Business Wire - October 21, 1999 - Sagent Technology, Inc., (NASDAQ: SGNT) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 1999. Revenue for the quarter increased 117% to $10.0 million, from $4.6 million in the third quarter of 1998. Net losses for the 1999 nine-month period wer

Competitive Challenges for Vanguard

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... a more detailed analysis on this subject, refer to the article, research/ ResearchHighlights ... the need to invest in a DW, centralized data mart, ETL software, ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/07/research_notes/VN_BI_PJ_07_21_05_1.asp - 15k - 2005-07-21 Summary: Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners.

Five Steps to Business Intelligence Project Success

by Lyndsay Wise ... This article identifies and explores five steps that organizations should take to ... In addition to extract, transform, and load (ETL) tools, data quality and ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2007/09/research_notes/TU_BI_XLW_09_03_07_1.asp - 14k - 2007-09-03 Summary: Many business intelligence (BI) projects fall short of expectations. Unless organizations implement a methodology and benchmark other organizations' successes, BI implementations may fail to provide desired results. This article identifies five steps that organizations should take when implementing BI so