A Segue from ETL to DB

This is a short post to segue to point where I’ve been headed all along. Figure 1 recasts the picture … More

Hadoop and Company Financial Performance

I have posted several times about the impact of the Hadoop eco-system on a several companies (here, here, here, for … More

Today I am going to focus on a topic that I’ve suggested previously without the right emphasis: the new database … More

There is a new way to think about data warehouse architecture. The Gartner Group calls it a logical data warehouse … More

This is the 3rd and final example of a vendor admitting, without admitting, to an architectural limitation. The first two … More

Yesterday I provided a model for how business sees open source as a means to be profitable (here). This is the … More

This post is more about the technology business than about technology… but it may be relevant as you try to … More

In the first two post of this series (here and here) I first suggested that Hadoop could be effectively used … More

In the first post of this series (here) I suggested that Hadoop could be effectively used as the platform for … More

In this series I will present a perspective on how the classic EDW architecture is changing under the influence of … More