As companies continue Quixotic quests to reap hard dollar returns from expensive data warehouse investments, an intrepid few have decided to rewrite the rules.
Careful attention to business-rules modeling can pay off.
When the world is your living room, things had better work.
The database giant rolls along by adding Internet technologies to its database, tools and application software; turns to Java, XML and other open technologies to help IT join the i wave.
Data warehouse projects can falter from lack of meta data; Microsoft may have gained a lead in defining a standard.
In the real-time enterprise these days, it is process, process, process.
IT needs tools that can bridge legacy mainframe and distributed systems. Will the next generation do the trick?