When the world is your living room, things had better work.
Data warehouse projects can falter from lack of meta data; Microsoft may have gained a lead in defining a standard.
Careful attention to business-rules modeling can pay off.
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.
First, it was good but slow. Now, it is good to go.