I continue to come across articles and marketing material pushing the idea that maybe companies don't really need to build and maintain data warehouses anymore due to data brokering products such as those from Enterworks or Metagon.

I continue to come across articles and marketing material pushing the idea that maybe companies don't really need to build and maintain data warehouses anymore due to data brokering products such as those from Enterworks or Metagon.

The recent malaise in the tech sector has numerous causes and consequences, and many of these are not easy to sort out. It is a difficult time for sense making. A metaphor I've used a lot lately is from auto racing.

The recent malaise in the tech sector has numerous causes and consequences, and many of these are not easy to sort out. It is a difficult time for sense making. A metaphor I've used a lot lately is from auto racing.

In the early 1990s it was fashionable to talk about object reuse. In recent years it has been more fashionable to talk of component reuse. In either case, there has been a movement from storing and reusing smaller objects and components to the storage and reuse of large modules -- usually called business objects or components.

Responses to Cutter Consortium's E-Business and Technology survey indicate that the number and size of e-projects are growing rapidly; the average duration was 11 months, and typical staffing levels were 20-40.

Responses to Cutter Consortium's E-Business and Technology survey indicate that the number and size of e-projects are growing rapidly; the average duration was 11 months, and typical staffing levels were 20-40.

Forget most of the hype you've read or heard about intelligent robots and artificial intelligence (AI) since the release of Steven Spielberg's movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.

Forget most of the hype you've read or heard about intelligent robots and artificial intelligence (AI) since the release of Steven Spielberg's movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence.