Hurdles to Innovation, Part 1
by Bill Inmon
New ideas and technologies once found a fertile breeding ground in the high tech industry. This is not the case today.

Critical Crossroads: Systems Methodology and Enterprise Architecture Framework, Part 2
by John Lycas and Dan Meers
Mergers and acquisitions often leave companies struggling with multiple systems methodologies. This article discusses how the approach presented in Part 1 of this series applies to the multiple methodology scenario.

Archiving the Exploding Data Warehouse
March 13 at 2 p.m. ET
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A Recipe for Pervasive Business Intelligence in an Uncertain Economic Climate
March 25 at 2 p.m. ET
Achieve pervasive performance management. Reduce risk. Avoid vendor lock-in. Learn about open source options for business intelligence (BI) on a budget in a consolidating market.
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