Ron Powell (publisher of the B-EYE-Network) sent me an email about a recent survey of 450 Directors of publicly traded companies (with revenues of over $1 billion) conducted by Deloitte Consulting, LLP. Apparently most corporate board members are really good at talking up a good story about how they support aligning IT with the corporate strategies they develop. Unfortunately their actions say otherwise...

I have read with interest a number of blogs and articles, and listened to a number of presentations about data integration technologies from a number of people. It seems to me that we need to clear the air regarding the role of data integration and what projects use it in our enterprises...

I recently complained to my husband that I couldn't keep up with all the marvelous and innovative ways that people are using technology there days. Take Web 2.0 for example. Do you know what it means? Do you understand the ramifications it generates? Do you see how you might use it? Do you understand how YOU will influence it?

Don't know? Then you'll like the YouTube video my husband just sent to me.

Ah -- it's early February. The weather is awful, the winter doldrums are in full swing, but there is one bright spot -- the Super Bowl ads. If you are like me, you don't tune in for the game. You are there to see the $2.6 million 30 second ads...

Quick -- what do you think of when you hear the acronym, ETL? Construction of a data warehouse? Implementing a BI environment?

Well, think again. ETL is no longer just the integration tool for decision making environments...