I will periodically be sharing my thoughts and observations on information management here in the blog. I am passionate about the effective creation, management and distribution of information for the benefit of company goals, and I'm thrilled to be a part of my clients' growth plans and connect what the industry provides to those goals. I have played many roles, but the perspective I come from is benefit to the end client. I hope the entries can be of some modest benefit to that goal. Please share your thoughts and input to the topics.
William is Partner of Information Management at Lucidity Consulting Group. His practice focuses on delivering business value and solving business problems utilizing proven, streamlined approaches
in data warehousing, master data management and
business intelligence, all with a focus on data quality and scalable architectures.
William has more than 20 years of information management experience, nearly half of which was gained in IT leadership positions, dealing firsthand with the challenging issues his clients now
face. His IT and consulting teams have won best practice competitions for their implementations. In 11 years of consulting, he has been a part of 150 client programs worldwide, has over 300
articles, white papers and tips in publication and is a frequent international speaker.
William and his team provide clients with action plans, architectures, complete programs, vendor-neutral tool selection and right-fit resources. Contact William at wmcknight@luciditycg.com or (214) 514-1444.
William,
Thanks for including us in your predictions for 2007!
What do the two emerging technologies you mentioned – Netezza and MySQL – have in common? Cost-efficiency. And this is a big factor because the industry is clearly shifting to low-cost data warehouse solutions based on commodity hardware, Linux and open source. Netezza, for example, has proven that you can build your EDW or a large data mart at a much lower cost than with traditional solutions, using a data warehouse appliance. And from the rapid growth of the data warehouse appliance category in data-intensive industries, it’s becoming quite apparent that companies are moving away from complex, “high-maintenance” systems and are embracing a simpler, more affordable approach to data warehousing.
We look forward to wider dialogue about this topic in the industry.
Thanks,
Ellen Rubin
VP Marketing
Netezza
Hi William,
We have heard alot of talk about Microsoft Reporting services taking market share away from the pure play BI vendors.
Has reporting services really started to make an impact - is it really out there?
Hi Jon,
There is quite a bit of adoption of Reporting Services in Microsoft shops. It is being mentioned in each tool consideration in these shops. It is actually a nice drawing card for the entire Microsoft BI solution although I believe the overall solution is really a holistic draw. Reporting Services' fortunes are tied to Microsoft BI without a doubt.
I'm not an analyst and haven't done a study of the issue so this is just based on my experiences.