Business and Data Integration

A Business Intelligence Network Newsletter

July 18, 2005

Colin White

Welcome Business Data Integration Subscribers

		Having a smart business intelligence framework helps business operations and the IT systems that support them succeed. My article, The Smart Business Intelligence Framework, highlights the way these elements work together to combine business process and performance management or "BPPM," a new acronym for our industry.

		My article explores new technologies, such as, RFID, smart dust and neighborhood meshes and their impact on business intelligence and everyday connectivity.

Please continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information regarding Business Intelligence, Business Performance Management, Information Quality and Data Warehousing.

New Articles

The Smart Business Intelligence Framework
by Colin White
The Smart BI Framework brings together the four forces that drive business operations: people, plans, processes and performance.

Exciting New Technologies for Business Intelligence
by David Loshin
Smart dust, RFID and neighborhood meshes.

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Web Events

Using Multi-Tier Appliances to Build Affordable, Large Scale Data Warehouses
July 20, 2005 2:00 pm EST
Hosted by Colin White
Organizations today are often forced to sacrifice data warehouse performance in order to store large amounts of data (tens of terabytes). A multi-tier data warehouse built with appliances allows you to age your data gracefully without breaking your budget. Join us to discuss reasonably priced options to combine high capacity and high performance using a multi-tier data warehouse. All attendees will receive a free whitepaper by Colin White on this subject.
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