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The importance of data quality for data warehousing and BI has received considerable attention in the industry. But what are companies actually doing to ensure the quality of their data for their data warehousing and BI initiatives? That is the question we sought to answer.
Many of the traditional reasons for considering outsourcing are still driving today's sourcing decisions.
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E-Business Today
For e-business, this is a good thing. It means that e-business is maturing. It means that e-business doesn't have to live up to a bunch of unrealistic hype. It means that e-business has won its spurs. Most important, it means that e-business is here to stay.
"A mere two hours before the scheduled start of the Firestone Firehawk 600 at Texas Motor Speedway, ... [organizers] "postponed" the race. During practice, drivers reached speeds over 235 mph and experienced 5½ Gs for 18 of the 22 seconds it took to complete a lap. It was reported that 21 of 25 drivers said they had experienced dizziness, disorientation, or other problems after the practice session. Driver Michael Andretti ...
A lot of us are finally very concerned about security. We've already documented this increased awareness and commitment to just about all aspects of security (see Business-IT Strategies Executive Update, Vol. 5, No. 2). But what technologies are we looking at? Which ones should we buy? Which ones are likely to become "standard"?
Web services are facing an identity crisis. Burdened with the misleading "Web services" moniker and discussed primarily in technical circles, the business world doesn't know what to make of the concept. Are Web services little more than an incremental, evolutionary improvement in systems integration techniques, or do they truly mark a revolutionary paradigm shift in the application of information technology?