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Week of January 29 - February 4, 2012

Social Media Enhances Privacy
by Thomas Claburn on InformationWeek.com

Limits Of World-Class IT
by Larry Tieman on InformationWeek.com

Solving America-s Developer Shortage
by Neil McAllister on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 22 - January 28, 2012

Time for IT to Become Data-Centric
by Richard Skrilitz on BeyeNETWORK.com

What Is Really Unique About Big Data
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Consumerization: The View from IT
by Galen Gruman on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 15 - January 21, 2012

From Data Experts to Decision Experts
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Why IT Needs a Personal Face
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Fixing Business and IT Relationship
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 8 - January 14, 2012

Great Philosophers on Governance
by Frank Buytendijk on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Components of a Good Decision
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Moving Needle Toward Sustainability
by Bruce Rayner on EnterpriseEfficiciency.com

Week of January 1 - January 7, 2012

Tapping into Social Media Data
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Tech Ideals Meet User Reality
by Anonymous on InfoWorld.com

Six Cs of Effective Metrics
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of December 25 - December 31, 2011

BI 2012 Predictions - No Way!
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

5 Resolutions For Better BI in 2012
by Eric Lundquist on InformationWeek.com

Social Business In 2012
by Venkatesh Rao on InformationWeek.com

Week of December 18 - December 24, 2011

Big Data - Worth it or not?
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

BI Search: The Time Has Come
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

How to Thwart the High Priests of IT
by Galen Gruban on InfoWorld.com

Week of December 11 - December 17, 2011

Do You Have What it Takes to be a Director of Data Governance?
by Robert S. Seiner on BeyeNETWORK.com

New Age BI
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Moore-s Law Versus the Cloud
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of December 4 - December 10, 2011

What is the Value of My Data?
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data Storm Headed This Way
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Banking Experience Matters
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of November 27 - December 3, 2011

Six Lessons from Lightning ERP Rollout
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Complexities of Processing Big Data
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Lost in Tech-to-Exec Translation
by Anonymous on InfoWorld.com

Week of November 20 - November 26, 2011

Myth of the One Version of Truth
by Frank Buytendijk 0n BeyeNETWORK.com

Seven Faces of Data
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Mobile Traffic To Increase 10x By 2016
by Ed Hansberry on InformationWeek.com

Week of November 13 - November 19, 2011

The Advent of Social BI
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

The New Age of Data
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data Recovery Needs To Change
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of November 6 - November 12, 2011

Advanced Analytics: Where Do You Start?
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

3 Ways to Screw Up Cloud Computing
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 30 - November 5, 2011

The BIG Data Confusion
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

End Holy War Over Agile Development
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Revive Feds Lifeless Cloud First Policy
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 23 - October 29, 2011

Big Data - Big Change or Big Hype

Social Data Worthiness

The Data Savvy Business User

Week of October 16 - October 22, 2011

Who Owns Your Data?
by Frank Buytendijk on BeyeNETWORK.com

A Marriage Made with Windows
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

No Where To Go But Up?
by Ed Hansberry on InformationWeek.com

Week of October 9 - October 15, 2011

Every User an Analyst - Bah, Humbug!
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Build the Right BI Cuture
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Cloud Perception Still a Bit Foggy
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Week of October 2 - October 8, 2011

So Easy A Caveman Could Do it?
by Steve Benner on BeyeNETWORK.com

Coming from a Pair of Jeans near You
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

What IT Can Learn From Marketing
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 25 - October 1, 2011

Data Vault Supported by All ETL tools
by Ron Damhof on BeyeNETWORK.com

IQCP is a Means to an End
by Ron Damhof on BeyeNETWORK.com

Secret to Cloud Success
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 18 - September 24, 2011

Federating Architectures for BI Professionals
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Unworkable New Privacy Rules
by Kim Davis on InternetEvolution.com

IT Innovation Aint What It Used to Be
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 11 - September 17, 2011

IT-s Sexiest Certifications
by Birgit Nazarian on EnterpriseEfficiency.com 

IT Greatness Vs. IT Risk
by Rob Preston on InformationWeek.com

True Value of Social Networking at Work
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 4 - September 10, 2011

Whose Data Is It, Anyway?
by Frank Buytendijk on BeyeNETWORK.com

Fall Arrives for IT
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Earth to Developers: Grow Up!
by Neil Mcallister on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 28 - September 3, 2011

Lies, Damn Lies, Mining Algorithms
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Leaving BI Aside for One Day
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

It-s a Software World
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of August 21 - August 27, 2011

Self-Service vs Outsourced BI
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

NASA Preps for Space Invaders
by David Wagner on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Mac vs Windows Security
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 14 - August 20, 2011

Digital Universe Study: The Big Hype
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Internet Claims More Addicts
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

How to Find / Keep a Good IT Job
by J. Peter Bruzzese on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 7 - August 13, 2011

Teradata Reborn
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Mobile Marketing Not Living Up To Hype
by Ed Hansberry on InformationWeek.com

Is The End Near?
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of July 31 - August 6, 2011

Extracting Value from Chaos
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Self-Service Business Intelligence
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

Enterprise Planking
by Curtis Franklin Jr. on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of July 24 - July 30, 2011

Play the Game
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Declining State of BlackBerry
by Craig Johnston on Byte.com

Call Them. They Wont Call You.
by Ron White on Byte.com

Week of July 17 - July 23, 2011

What is Cloud Computing?
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Organized CIO
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

How to Get IT to Pay
by Dino Londis on InformationWeek.com

Week of July 10 - July 16, 2011

What is Analytics?
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Take a Break: Its Good for IT
by Curtis Franklin Jr on InformationWeek.com

7 Self-Inflicted Wounds of the Cloud
by Charles Babcock on InformationWeek.com

Week of July 3 - July 9, 2011

Facebook: Your New Resumé
by Nicole Ferraro on InformationWeek.com

Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes
by Neil McAllister on InfoWorld.com

Is Microsoft Whistling Past the Graveyard?
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of June 26 - July 2, 2011

Critical Success Factors for Data Governance
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Glue, Get or Move IT
by Nancy Williams on BeyeNETWORK.com

What Do You Want From Us?
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Week of June 19 - June 25, 2011

When It Is Time to Quit

by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

More Future of Business Intelligence
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Time to Cut the Hype
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

Week of June 12 - June 18, 2011

Virtualization Comes of Age ... Again!
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Future of Business Intelligence
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Big Data A Big Backup Challenge
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of June 5 - June 11, 2011

Is Your IT Job Indispensable?
by Paul Venezia on InfoWorld.com

Big-Data Analysis Pays Off
by Doug Henschen on InformationWeek.com

Tablets Have Won
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of May 29 - June 4, 2011

Different Standards for Cloud Warehouses
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com 

Keys to Creating an Enterprise Data Strategy
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Cloud Computing by the Numbers
by Eric Knorr on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 22 - May 28, 2011

Zombie Apocalypse Training
by Curtis Franklin, Jr. on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

A Bold New Direction for IT
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Everything is Hackable
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 8 - May 14, 2011

Click 'Like' if You Like 'Like'
by Mike Egan on Datamation.com

Urging Enterprises To Go 100% Web
by David F. Carr on InformationWeek.com

8 Tips For 'Social' Marketing
by Michele Pepe-Warren on InformationWeek.com

Week of May 1 - May 7, 2011

Cloud Control to Major Tom
by Drew Robb on Datamation.com

Reduce IT Stress with ITIL Adoption
by Anthony Orr on Datamation.com

Single Word for Data, Information & Knowledge?
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of April 24 - April 30, 2011

Architecting for Mobile BI
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Cloud & the Law
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Your New Boss Used to be a Peer
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of April 17 - April 23, 2011

7 Dirty Consultant Tricks
by Dan Tynan on InfoWorld.com

Feds Take Down a Botnet
by Curtis Franklin Jr. on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Planning Development Project? Bring Wallet
by Neil McAllister on InfoWorld.com

Week of April 10 - April 16, 2011

Unspoken Challenge in Mobile BI
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Importance of POCs
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

How to Survive & Thrive as an IT Executive
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of April 3 - April 9, 2011

Seven Ways to Improve Your Visual Displays
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

BI for the People
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data Storage Vs. Information Management
by Kurt Marko on InformationWeek.com

Week of March 27 - April 2, 2011

How to Rein In a Renegade BI User
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Govt BI Strategy: Turn Critics into Champions
by Nancy Williams on BeyeNETWORK.com

Old Tech: Your Days Are Numbered
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Week of March 20 - March 26, 2011

Leveraging BI to Achieve Strategic Priorities
by Nancy Williams on BeyeNETWORK.com

BI Market Evolution
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Game the Thing for IT Management
by Curtis Franklin Jr. on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of March 13 - March 19, 2011

Jockeying for Position in the Analytic Market
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Watch Where You Swipe
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Incompetence is a Hacker's Best Friend
by Anonymous on InfoWorld.com

Week of March 6 - March 12, 2011

Tough Analytics? Watson to the Rescue
by Barry Bevlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

How to Improve the Odds
by Craig Schiff on BeyeNETWORK.com

Can Healthcare Industry Handle All This IT?
by Rob Preston on InformationWeek.com

Week of February 27 - March 5, 2011

Value from Enterprise BI
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Results by Taming the Data Flood
by Nancy Williams on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Evolution of BI Semantics
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of February 20 - February 26, 2011

A Front-end Alignment
by John D. Hughes on Datamation.com

A Letter to the Business
by Augusto Perozza on Datamation.com

Control Over End User Devices
by Jonathan Feldman on InformationWeek.com

Week of February 13 - February 19, 2011

Sins the Tech Industry Can't Shake
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

The Emergence of Social Analytics
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Year Hacking Goes Mainstream
by Roberty X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of February 6 - February 12, 2011

Always Blame the Worker Bees
by Carla Schroder on LinuxPlanet.com

CFOs Think About Performance Dashboards
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Advanced Analytics for the Masses
by Steve Dine on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of January 30 - February 5, 2011

Mired in the Mud? Here Is What To Do
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Offshoring Data: Never Can Be Too Careful
by Anna Frazzetto on InformationWeek.com

Deduplication 2.0 - Recovery Performance
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of January 23 - January 29, 2011

Delivering Customer-Centric IT Services
by PMcGarahan on InformationWeek.com

Get Busy Building Your Personal Brand
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

The Consumerization of IT
by Curtis Franklin Jr on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of January 16 - January 22, 2011

The Secrets of Self-Service BI
by Wayne Eckerson on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data Warehousing and Data Science
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

2010 Year in Review...From the Trenches
by Steve Dines on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of January 9 - January 15, 2011

Blame the Tool!
by Jim Gallo on BeyeNETWORK.com

Lamenting What the Internet Eradicated
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Why Facebook is Not Worth $50 billion
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 1 - January 7, 2011

Why a DB Still Makes Sense for a DW
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Three 2011 Security Resolutions
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

12 Tech Predictions for 2011
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of December 26 - January 1, 2011

A Look at Leveraging Enterprise Data
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

Stuff That Probably Won't Happen in 2011
by Art Wittmann on InformationWeek.com

Santa Goes Digital

by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Week of December 19 - December 25, 2010

Data Warehouses and Elephants
by Rick van der Lans on BeyeNETWORK.com

What Disaster Are You Planning For?
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

IT Contracting 101: Get It In Writing
by Anonymous on InfoWorld.com

Week of December 12 - December 18, 2010

The Year in Review
by Laura Madsen on BeyeNETWORK.com

Doing Health Care Data Breaches Right
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Who's Green in IT?
by Lamont Wood on InformationWeek.com

Week of December 5 - December 11, 2010

Virtualization, Federation, EII and Other Non-Synonyms
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Feds on Privacy: Give a Little, Take a Lot
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Don't Underestimate Tech Experience
by Anonymous on InfoWorld.com

Week of November 28 - December 4, 2010

Paper Is Not Just Paper Anymore
by Lamont Wood on InformationWeek.com

A Great Way to Stay Unemployed
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Don't Pull a TSA on Security Policies
by Robert Lemos on InfoWorld.com

Week of November 21 - November 27, 2010

Beware of Govt-Mandated IT Certifications
by Matthew McKenzie on InformationWeek.com

New Facebook Threat to Business
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

Reversing Effects of Bad Workplace Management
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of November 14 - November 20, 2010

Coordination with Big Data
by John Myers on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data is an Opportunity Not an Obstacle
by Jorgen Heizenberg on BeyeNETWORK.com

You Need a Bigger Budget
by Tracey Hughes on DrDobbs.com

Week of November 7 - November 13, 2010

Autonomy of Google & Facebook Services
by Jim Rapoza on InformationWeek.com

Data Is Not Green
by Lamont Wood on InformationWeek.com

Is Cloud Storage Fluffy?
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of October 31 - November 6, 2010

What Business Data Should Be In The Cloud?
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Has Steve Ballmer gone bonkers?
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

3 Elements of Good Clouds
by David Linticum on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 24 - October 30, 2010

How To Get Data To The Cloud: Onramps
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Difference Between Complaining & Leading
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Lead the Charge or Get Out of the Way
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 17 - October 23, 2010

Content Analytics in Five Easy Pieces
by Seth Grimes on BeyeNETWORK.com

Manage Your Most Important Asset
by Michele Pepe-Warren on InformationWeek.com

Who's Responsible For Patching Your Business?
by Keith Ferrell on InformationWeek.com

The Top 10 Most Influential IT Vendors
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

The Subtle Art of Retaining Customers
by Christina Tynan-Wood on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 10 - October 16, 2010

The Future is Now in Big Data
by John Myers on BeyeNETWORK.com

Relationships in Big Data
by John Myers on BeyeNETWORK.com

Social Activism Gets a Reality Check
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Week of October 3 - October 9, 2010

The Twelve (or so) Myths about Agile BI
by Jim Gallo on BeyeNETWORK.com

Dealing With the Data Dilemma
by Frederic Paul on InformationWeek.com

When Strong Employee Evals Are Justified
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 26 - October 2, 2010

8 HabITs Of Successful ITIL Experts
by Julie Mohr on InformationWeek.com

Giving Patients Meaningful Health Data
by Marianne McGee on InformationWeek.com

Documenting Information Management Projects
by William McKnight of BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of September 19 - September 25, 2010

A New Way to Work
by Steve Wylie on InformationWeek.com

BI Made Easier For Healthcare
by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee on InformationWeek.com

Have We Hit Social Media Overload?
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 12 - September 18, 2010

Decisions Should be BI Best Practice
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

Let the Contractors In
by J. Nicholas Hoover on InformationWeek.com

DeDupe Performance Boost
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of September 5 - September 11, 2010

Finding Your Company's Social Data
by Jim Rapoza on InformationWeek.com

What to Do When the CFO Always Says No
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

The Internet is Dead!
by Eric Knorr on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 29 - September 4, 2010

From Operational BI to CEP
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Finding Your Company's Social Data
by Jim Rapoza on InformationWeek.com

ITIL Lite Shameless Shortcuts
by Malcolm Fry on InformationWeek.com

Week of August 22 - August 28, 2010

Do More With Less -- NOT!
by Dean Meyer on InformationWeek.com

The Failure Of The Digital Cafe
by Jim Rapoza on InformationWeek.com

Class of 2014: What These Kids Don't Know
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 15 - August 21, 2010

Outrage Over Training Offshore Workers
by Paul McDougall on InformationWeek.com

Cut Compliance Costs & Remain Compliant
by Keith Ferrell on InformationWeek.com

Perils of Patching in the Cloud
by Woody Leonhard on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 8 - August 14, 2010

Unlocking Textual Data & Using it to Make Decisions
by Ron Powell on BeyeNETWORK.com

Is Open Source Right for Your Software Business?
by Neil McAllister on InfoWorld.com

Who's Responsible for a Contractor's Career Development?
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of August 1 - August 7, 2010

Step Away from the Data! Hands off that Information!
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Hysterical Campaign Against Cell Phones
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

Difference Between Spotting & Fixing a Fear-Driven Company
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of July 25 - July 31, 2010

Help! We're Drowning in Social Media
by David Strom on Datamation.com

Do Developers Need to Brown-Nose To Advance Career?
by Eric Spiegel on Datamation.com

New Twist on Trust When Storing Data Online
by Christina Tynan-Wood on infoWorld.com

Week of July 18 - July 24, 2010

Perfect CFO – According to the CIO
by Frederic Paul on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Enterprise IT Security – Tools & Tactics
by Matthew McKenzie on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Isn't BI all about the Access to Data?
by Suzanne Hoffman on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of July 11 - July 17, 2010

Critical Things Not Known About the Cloud
by Frederic Paul on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Why It's Time to Tax Internet Sales
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

Social Networking: Keeping It Real
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Week of July 4 - July 10, 2010

Full Service BI
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Costs Of Finite Data Retention
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Have A Secure Summer Vacation
by Jim Rapoza on InformationWeek.com

Week of June 27 - July 3, 2010

Social Analytics - Hype or Reality
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Combining Structured / Unstructured Data for Customer Cohesion
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

Keep Everything Forever
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of June 13 - June 19, 2010

Business Analytics and the Data Explosion
by Ron Powell on BeyeNETWORK.com

These Private Cloud Stats Surprised Me
by Chris Murphy on InformationWeek.com

Is a Bad Economy Good for Customer Service?
by Christina Tynan-Wood on InfoWorld.com

Week of June 6 - June 12, 2010

Can You Trust Your Tech Support?
by Matt Prigge on InfoWorld.com

Why Private Clouds are Surging
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Inside the Mind of an Enterprise Architect
by Peter J. Bruzzese on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 30 - June 5, 2010

Paving The Real Information Superhighway
by Craig Mathias on InformationWeek.com

No Meaningful Use w/o Meaningful Measures
by Mike Brooks on BeyeNETWORK.com

What to Look for in a New Data Warehouse
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of May 23 - May 29, 2010

Cow Poop Makes Data Centers Greener
by Ted Samson on InfoWorld.com

Does ROI Matter in the Cloud?
by Jonathan Feldman on InformationWeek.com

The HiPPO In The Room
by Lorna Garey on InformationWeek.com

Week of May 16 - May 22, 2010

IT Departments Losing Ground On Cloud

by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Role of IT Changing? What's It Mean for CIOs?
by Ron Powell on BeyeNETWORK.com

True Extent of Insider Security Threats
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 9 - May 15, 2010

The Columnar Data Page
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

Cloud Computing Could Boost IT Demand
by Joe Weinman on InformationWeek.com

Blog Your Way to a New Job
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 2 - May 8, 2010

Considerations When Looking at Dashboards
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data Breaches in U.S. Most Costly
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Wanted: Rational Approach To Cloud Adoption
by Jonathan Feldman on InformationWeek.com

Week of April 25 - May 1, 2010

Data Profiling with SQL is Hazardous to Your Company's Health
by Stephen Putman on BeyeNETWORK.com

Earth Day Data Center Makeover
by Jonathan Feldman on InformationWeek.com

Twitter and the Rise of Data Platforms
by Neil Mcallister on InfoWorld.com

Week of April 18 - April 24, 2010

Defining Next Generation of Data Warehousing
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Consulting Terms of Engagement
by Carol Newcomb on BeyeNETWORK.com

For And Against The Cloud
by Charles Babcock on InformationWeek.com

Week of April 11 - April 17, 2010

The Recent Interesting Reinvention of Databases
by Barry Devlin on BeyeNETWORK.com

The Intersection of Incentive Compensation and Regulation
by Susan Major on BeyeNETWORK.com

Paperwork Reduction Act Bumps Into Social Media
by Nicole Ferraro on InternetEvolution.com

Week of April 4 - April 10, 2010

Five Ways CIOs Stamp Out Process Effectiveness

by Jim Love on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

The Best of April Fools 2010
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of April 3 - April 9, 2010

The Big Data Addiction
by Matt Prigge on InfoWorld.com

Week of March 28 - April 3, 2010

A Specialized DBMS Near-Future
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

A 'Dear John' Letter to Windows XP
by Frederic Paul on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Healthcare Reform Already Underway
by Marianne McGee on InformationWeek.com

Week of March 21 - March 27, 2010

How Do You Know What Data is Master Data?
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

SLAs Can Make Life Easier
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Let Stormy Session On Clouds Be Your Guide
by Charles Babcock on InformationWeek.com

Week of March 14 - March 20, 2010

Who's Going to the Dance?
from Ron Powell on BeyeNETWORK.com

Confessions of a Browser Slut
by Frederic Paul on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

The Best Deal On IT Research -- Period
by Art Wittmann on InformationWeek.com

Week of March 7 - March 13, 2010

Selling Enterprise Information Management
by Andy Field on BeyeNETWORK.com

BI and Cloud Computing - Security, Privacy, Where We Go
by Dan Linstedt on BeyeNETWORK.com

Is There a Method to C-Level Title Madness?
by Karen Schwartz on EnterpriseEfficiency.com

Week of February 28 - March 6, 2010

TDWI Insights and General Trends
by Lyndsay Wise on BeyeNETWORK.com

Feds Tackle Health IT Privacy, Security Issues
by Marianne McGee on InformationWeek.com

Is ERP As We Know It Dying?
by Pete Babb on InfoWorld.com

Week of February 21 - February 27, 2010

Next Breakthrough In Government IT?
by John Foley on InformationWeek.com

Massive Breach Reveals State Of IT Security
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Debunking Myths SOA/Cloud Relationship
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of February 14 - February 20, 2010

CISOs Help Deliver A Better Business
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

BlackBerry Stops A Bullet, Saves Owner
by Eric Zemen on InformationWeek.com

The World According to Intel
by Rob Enderle on Datamation.com

Week of February 7 - February 13, 2010

MDM, Ownership, Stewardhip, Governance, ...
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse Technology Trends
by Shawn Rogers on BeyeNETWORK.com

Anatomy Of A Modern Hack
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Week of January 31 - February 6, 2010

The iPad: I Don't Get It
by Dave Methvin on InformationWeek.com

Cost of Data Breaches Continue Their Rise
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Spam? No Thank You, M'am
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 24 - January 30, 2010

Hope for Haiti Now - Give Generously
from TDAN.com & Robert S. Seiner

The Analytics of Corporate Performance Management
by Jorgen Heizenberg on BeyeNETWORK.com

Is The US Afraid To Admit That China Declared War On It?
by David Berlind on InformationWeek.com

Week of January 17 - January 23, 2010

Addressing the Cloud Critics
by Steve Dine on BeyeNETWORK.com

Security: Exception to the Rule?
by Lorna Garey on InformationWeek.com

When Does Outsourcing Make Sense?
by Martin Heller on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 10 - January 16, 2010

How About a Master Terrorist Management System?
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Top 10 CIO Issues For 2010
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Why CIOs Should Give the Cloud a Chance
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 3 - January 9, 2010

Kundra's Management Challenges
by Nick Hoover on InformationWeek.com

Where Can Microsoft Grow In 2010?
by David Methvin on InformationWeek.com

Strategic Decision-Making and Data Assumptions
by Suzanne Hoffman on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of December 27 - January 2, 2010

The Meaning of Open
by J. Rosenberg on GooglePublicPolicy.com

Business Intelligence and Climate Change
by Ron Powell on BeyeNETWORK.com

Some Thoughts on Advanced Analytics in 2010
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of December 20 - December 26, 2009

Pig Latin, Anyone?

by Nick Hoover on InformationWeek.com

Race To The Finish For Meaningful Use
by Marianne McGee on InformationWeek.com

For Fun: 10 Wacky USB Devices
by Pete Babb on InfoWorld.com

Week of December 13 - December 19, 2009

Your Movements Speak for Themselves
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

How Organizations Get Hacked
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Week of December 12 - December 18, 2009

When Is a Trend a Trend?
by Neil Raden on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of December 6 - December 12, 2009

IT Job Outlook Improving
by Jame Maquire on Datamation.com

Tech Industry's Utter Contempt for its Customers
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

Need a Job in IT? The Cloud Needs You
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of November 29 - December 5, 2009

A Case of Don't Kill the Messenger
by Neil Raden on BeyeNETWORK.com

Stimulus/Recovery Money and Data Quality
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

China Not So Worried About Math, Computer Skills
by Chris Murphy on InformationWeek.com

Week of November 22 - November 28, 2009

Dream of Self-Service Business Intelligence
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

Who Needs An IT Department?
by Dave Methvin on InformationWeek.com

Don’t Just Manage Your Data -- Know It
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of November 15 - November 21, 2009

Watered-Down Governance for Sarbanes Oxley?
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

KPI Framework for a Competitive Edge
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

EDW/BI - What's Next in 2010?
by Dan Linstedt on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of November 8 - November 14, 2009

Decision Support and Chaos Theory
by Dan Power on BeyeNETWORK.com

A Tale Of Three Cities: Oracle, Teradata and IBM DB Events
by Merv Adrian on BeyeNETWORK.com

What's The Definition Of Cloud Computing?
by Charles Babcock on InformationWeek.com

Week of November 1 - November 7, 2009

BI/EDW is Shifting - Future State of 2010
by Dan Linstedt on BeyeNETWORK.com

Welcome to the Enterprise Data Explosion
by Matt Prigge on InfoWorld.com

Win the Security Numbers Game
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 25 - October 31, 2009

The Monster That Ate IT
by John Parkinson on CIOstrategy.com

Top 10 Offshore Nations In The World
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

The High ROI of Data Mining
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of October 18 - October 24, 2009

New IBM Study of CIOs
by Industry Research on BeyeNETWORK.com

Best Way to Conduct an IT Postmortem
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

When Your IT Job Feels Hopelessly Stale
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 11 - October 17, 2009

Running Out of Airwaves?
by Jonathan Salem Baskin on InformationWeek.com

Digital Moving Sure Has Changed
by Michael Hickins on InformationWeek.com

Get to Know Your Known Unknowns
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of October 4 - October 10, 2009

Tips to Avoid Purchasing Shelfware
by Steve Dine on BeyeNETWORK.com

Finally, Some Well-Deserved Pay Cuts
by Dave Methvin on InformationWeek.com

CIOs In The Hot Seat
by Fritz Nelson on InformationWeek.com

Week of September 27 - October 3, 2009

Dead Fish Can Think!
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Project Management In The Cloud
by Fritz Nelson on InformationWeek.com

How to Manage IT Security -- Without a Tech Background
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 20 - September 26, 2009

Information Governance
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Just Enough Metadata
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

For CIOs, Clouds Are The Fourth Column
by Alistair Croll on InformationWeek.com

Week of September 13 - September 19, 2009

Ethics, Integrity, and Playing Nice
by Adam Ely on InformationWeek.com

Warnings On Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Threat
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

What do you do? Does your boss know?
by Paul Venezia on InfoWorld.com

Week of September 6 - September 12, 2009

Will the Rush to Health IT Create Talent Shortages?
by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee on InformationWeek.com

Why Internet Anonymity Matters
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Facebook and Social Ignorance
by David Loshin on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of August 30 - September 5, 2009

Data Governance for $779.40? October 09
by Robert S. Seiner on BeyeNETWORK.com

Data Is and Will Always Be the Ultimate Proprietary Asset
by Ronald Damhof on BeyeNETWORK.com

Making Data An Asset
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of August 23 - August 29, 2009

Oracle CEO Ellison Cuts Salary To $1 Per Year
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

The Man Who Stole 130M Credit Cards
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Data Vault in the Netherlands
by Ronald Damhof on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of August 16 - August 22, 2009

Healthcare IT: Money for Nothing . . . Scratch That . . . Money for Meaningful Use
from Lou Agosta on BeyeNETWORK.com

Government As A Platform, Not A Vending Machine
by Mitch Wagner on InformationWeek.com

Madoff Used IBM to Run Ponzi Scheme
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Week of August 9 - August 15, 2009

What to Do When an Employer Insists on an Irrelevant Certification
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Cloud Computing is Not So Simple
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Why Attackers Do the Things They Do
by Adam Ely on InformationWeek.com

Week of August 2 - August 8, 2009

Free Money Boosts Green Tech's Appeal
by Ted Samson on InfoWorld.com

SaaS Under A Cloud Of FUD
by Michael Hickins on InformationWeek.com

Text Analytics as a Meeting Point for Search/BI
by Seth Grimes on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of July 26 - August 1, 2009

Is Technology Killing The Corporation?
by Michael Hickins on InformationWeek.com

Three Critical -- and Avoidable -- Cloud Computing Mistakes
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Self-Service Customer Care can lead to Customer Dissatisfaction

by John Myers on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of July 12 - July 18, 2009

Live Free Or Die Hard ... Er, Free
by Serdar Yegulalp on InformationWeek.com

Treat Culture Change as Engineering: Form Follows Function
by Bob Lewis on InfoWorld.com

Judge Urged to Declare Bush Spy Program Illegal

by David Kravets on Wired.com

Week of July 5 - July 11, 2009

U.S. Government Spends $200M Daily On IT
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Real-World Cloud Computing Applications
by John Foley on InformationWeek.com

Cloud Computing and Your Career
by Eric Knorr on InfoWorld.com

Week of June 28 - July 4, 2009

Information Richness and Business Intelligence
by Ronald Damhof on BeyeNETWORK.com

Can Government Mandate Innovation?
by Michael Hickins on InformationWeek.com

ID Theft, Fraud 4,000 Times Easier Today
by Alex Goldman on InternetNews.com

Week of June 21 - June 27, 2009

Of Cloud 9 and The Importance of Parachutes
by Jonathan Feldman on InformationWeek.com

CIOs Belong On The Board -- Or Else They're Just IT Managers
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Taming the SOA Hype Monster
by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of June 14 - June 20, 2009

Data Warehousing in the Cloud Gains Momentum
by Colin White on BeyeNETWORK.com

Who Owns the Data?
by Ronald Damhof on BeyeNETWORK.com

Cloud Computing Vs. $100 Million Data Center
by John Foley on InformationWeek.com

Week of June 7 - June 13, 2009

Can Backups Be Made Obsolete?
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

You Can't Fix Your Boss, But You Can 'Manage Up'
by Bob Lewis on InformationWeek.com

Use Decision Management to Make Systems Smarter
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of May 31 - June 6, 2009

Obama Administration's IT Security Review
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com 

Do Executives Take Security Seriously?
by Andrew Conry-Murray on InformationWeek.com

The Technology Bill of Rights, Take Two
by Paul Venezia on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 24 - May 30, 2009

Industry Logical Data Models... What do you think about them?
by Dan Linstedt on BeyeNETWORK.com

Touchy Feely IT Departments Use More Hardcore Automation Tools
by Jonathan Feldman on InformationWeek.com

Test the Strength of Your Password Policy
by Roger Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of May 17 - May 23, 2009

Data is Still Defensible
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

When Does a Vendor Have Too Much Power over the Analyst?
by Dan Linstedt on BeyeNETWORK.com

CIOs Stopped Gutting IT Budgets For 2009
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Week of May 10 - May 16, 2009

Maybe Government Should Give Up On Computers, Revert To Paper
by George Hulme on InformationWeek.com

Governance, Compliance, and Accountability
by Dan Linstedt on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of May 3 - May 9, 2009

Your Best Asset May be Your Data
by William McKnight on BeyeNETWORK.com

Dashboards Should Do More Than Raise Blood Pressure
by James Taylor on BeyeNETWORK.com

Will You Be Ready When IT Auditors Knock
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Week of April 26 - May 2, 2009

The Debate About Analysts
by Dave Wells on BeyeNETWORK.com

A Must Read For ALL Data Management Professionals
by Krish Krishnan on BeyeNETWORK.com

Is IBM Looking To Acquire SAP To Match Oracle/Sun?
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Week of April 19 - April 25, 2009

Balancing The Personal And Professional On Facebook
by Mitch Wagner on InformationWeek.com

Cloud Computing Gets A Much-Needed Reality Check
by John Foley on InformationWeek.com

Replicate Your Data or Lose Your Company
by J. Peter Bruzzese on InfoWorld.com

Week of April 12 - April 18, 2009

Newspapers vs. Google: Eat the Worm
by Robert X. Cringely on InfoWorld.com

Government Opens Its Wallet to IT
by Eric Knorr on InfoWorld.com

Facts vs. Opinions
by Dave Wells on BeyeNETWORK.com

Week of April 5 - April 11, 2009

In Defense of Telecommuting
by Ted Samson on InfoWorld.com

Coder, Your Days Are Numbered
by Neil McAllister on InfoWorld.com

How The Web Doesn't Bring Us Closer
by Chris Murphy on InformationWeek.com

Week of March 29 - April 4, 2009

Is Your Data Really Safe In the Cloud?
by David Berlind on InformationWeek.com

Data Transparency Faces Many Hurdles
by J. Nicholas Hoover on InformationWeek.com

Get Ready for Microsoft's Big Comeback
by Mike Elgan on Datamation.com

Week of March 22 - March 28, 2009

Countering the Computer Spies
by Roger A. Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Government Opens its Wallet to IT
by Eric Knorr on InfoWorld.com

Departing Designer Decries Focus On Data
by Thomas Claburn on InformationWeek.com

Week of March 15 - March 21, 2009

Free Webinar: Non-Invasive Data Governance: Roles & Responsibilities to Address MDM & Meta-Data Challenges
by Robert S. Seiner on BeyeNETWORK.com

Rebranding/Reviving SOA During An Economic Downturn
by Roger Smith on InformationWeek.com

Let Your Worst Fears Be Your Guide
by Roger A. Grimes on InfoWorld.com

Week of March 1 - March 7, 2009

IT Deserves Better Than IBM or Microsoft
by Bill Snyder on InfoWorld.com

Proving The ROI
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Users Want One Phone For Personal And Business
by Ed Hansberry on InformationWeek.com

Week of February 22 - February 28, 2009

The Case For A U.S. Innovation Officer
by Chris Murphy on InformationWeek.com

ROI Is Not A Good Justification For Security
by Mike Fratto on InformationWeek.com

MDM Conferences Cancelled: What Gives?
by Jill Dyche on B-eye-NETWORK.com

Week of February 8 - February 14, 2009

Business/IT Alignment 'Is Dead' - What's Next?
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

Future of ETL and Transformation
by Dan Lindstedt on B-eye-NETWORK.com

Call IT What You Like - Part One
by Robert S. Seiner on B-eye-Network.com

Week of February 1 - February 7, 2009

Article 708: A New Breed of Compliance for IT?
by Ephraim Schwartz on InfoWorld.com

Cloud vs. SaaS For Small Business
by Andrew Conry-Murray on InformationWeek.com

Deplorable, Despicable, and Disgusting
by Claudia Imhoff on B-Eye-Network.com

IT Needs a Return to the Art of Architecture

by David Linthicum on InfoWorld.com

Week of January 18 - January 24, 2009

Defogging Cloud Computing
by Eric Knorr on InfoWorld.com

Bullies Worse than Predators On Social Networks
by Kim Zetter on Blog.Wired.com

Week of January 11 - January 17, 2009

10 Things That WON'T Happen In 2009
by Frederic Paul on InformationWeek.com

Doing a Little Stretching: Changes for 2009
by Jill Dyché on the BeyeNETWORK

Week of January 1 - January 7, 2009

Green IT, Unwrapped
by Kevin Ferguson on InformationWeek.com

IT Has 'No Moral Basis' To Monitor Facebook Usage
by Bob Evans on InformationWeek.com

End of Year IT Rush - Is It Really Necessary?
by Peter B. Giblett on IT.ToolBox.com

Week of December 7 - December 13, 2008

Master Virtualization And You Master The Cloud
by Charles Babcock on InformationWeek.com

Will Oracle And SAP Offer Big-Business SaaS? Sort Of
by Mary Hayes Weier on InformationWeek.com

IT Efficiency, First Demand Oversight
by George Crump on InformationWeek.com

Week of November 16 - November 22, 2008

SOA Realized = Enterprise Computing + Cloud Computing
by Tony Bishop on InfoWorld.com

A Critical Look At Content Management Interoperability Services

by Peter Hagopian on InformationWeek.com

Week of October 31 - November 6, 2008

Do you have a sexy job?
by Lubomir Husar on IT.Toolbox.Com

Selling IT Services? Sell Relationships and Knowledge
by Joshua Feinberg on IT.Toolbox.Com

Identity Governance Evolves to Must-Do Item
by Dana Gardner on IT.Toolbox.Com