This post is in German since it refers to an event and a related article in Germany.
Die Hamburger IT Strategietage sind hier in Hamburg kürzlich zu Ende gegangen, als mich eine Email eines Kollegen erreicht mit einem Link zu einem Artikel des bekannten CIO Magazins. Darin wird von einem Panel berichtet, das sich mit [...]
Von Populismus und Heckenschützen
February 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Analyst · CIO · Current Events · Gartner · Magic Quadrant
The Flight of the Wannabees
February 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments
What really annoys me is when people make public claims about things that they have clearly no clue about. Facts or the truth don’t seem to matter anymore, all that counts is bold verbiage. There could be multiple reasons for this behavior: Maybe some people are too lazy to do proper research before raising their [...]
Tags: Business Intelligence · Gartner · Magic Quadrant · Market · Open Source · Technology · Uncategorized · Vendors
Final preparation for The Hague
January 13th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s that time of the year again, when many people from around the world gather in one place to discuss business intelligence, data warehousing, data quality, master data management, data integration, performance management, and so on. No, I’m not trying to get all buzzwords in (as there are tons more), just to highlight how broad [...]
Tags: Current Events · Gartner
Setting the Record Straight
December 28th, 2008 · 22 Comments
Caution: Long post, but lots to say…
Not often, a vendor reacts with a blog posting to the publication of a Gartner document. Press releases, yes, and a lot, kinda like “Company XYZ announces that a leading analyst firm has placed it in the leaders quadrant of the ABC Magic Quadrant…” Rarely, though, do we see [...]
Tags: Data Integration · ETL · Gartner · Magic Quadrant · Open Source · Technology · Uncategorized · Vendors
Brazil as BI strategists?
September 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Wherever I go to present on BI issues, such as technology, M&A, best practices, organizational issues, market development or else, one of my questions to the audience is “Who has a BI strategy?” and the typical response is fairly consistent. In most European or North American audiences, only about 2% of surveyed participants admit they [...]
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