Instant Intelligence
For your organization to succeed in e-business, data from e-commerce and e-CRM systems must integrate with that from traditional decision-processing platforms. Emerging e-intelligence systems extend enterprise information portals (EIPs) and other business intelligence tools to meet that goal. Colin White
Beyond the Numbers
Text is almost universally misclassified as unstructured data, so most people consider the star schema a poor fit with document data warehouses. On the contrary: Dimensional modeling is a logical, efficient way to organize text for business intelligence. Dan Sullivan
E-Commerce X Factor
No company can afford to ignore e-commerce, but simply supporting it isnt enough: It has to work. Fortunately, making XML data servers an integral part of your e-business platform can improve your organizations chance of success. Douglas K. Barry