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BI consolidation first hand

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Al Cherdak, an independent developer of enterprise software, has been seeing BI consolidation first hand. It’s killing innovation, he says, and the Big Guys will save themselves by fixing it.

His software—called Personal Data Warehouse—essentially hotwires operational data bases, offers a quick scrub of the incoming data, and aligns tables to appear as if it had come from one source. How can users be trusted? “Users know their data,” he says. (See BI Roadmap author Larissa T. Moss’s view of the “personal data warehouse.”)

He’s been trying to find a partner to market his creation. Though he’s shown it to dozens of prospective partners, and though most have said it’s exactly what the masses of dissatisfied BI users scream for every day, each has ultimately had to decline.… Read the rest “BI consolidation first hand”

The “personal data warehouse” debate sounds so familiar

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Look closely at business intelligence and you see the world. Larissa T. Moss writes today in TDWI Flashpoint about the “the new debate” over enterprise data warehouses vs. personal data warehouses.

One side believes in one-for-all. The other side believes that by taking care of Me first, I can take care of You.

Where have you heard this before? That’s easy: look at the front page of a newspaper. It’s at the core of so many public debates going on now. The environment: should land be protected or should anyone be allowed to run over anything with an SUV? Taxation: should the poor pay less in taxes, or should rich people pay less so they can provide jobs?… Read the rest “The “personal data warehouse” debate sounds so familiar”

Blinded by the “check engine” light

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Late last month on the Juice Analytics weblog, they were talking about Stephen Few’s new concept, the “faceted analytics display.“

I like the idea, and I’m sure FADs are important. I just hate to see Few resort to a new term because inept designers have spoiled “dashboard.”

Dashboard is a valuable metaphor and should be defended. I’m afraid FAD will be forgotten.

Isn’t a FAD just a dashboard with extra features? When they added tachometers to auto dashboards, did dashboards become something else? If you add new software or a new peripheral to your computer, isn’t it still a computer?… Read the rest “Blinded by the “check engine” light”