Hear for yourself: Mobius Media President Eric Kavanagh delivers close-up interviews with industry professionals in the growing field of information management. Listen as practitioners and pundits alike give their elevator pitch, then answer questions designed to elicit brass-tacks examples and explanations.

What Works in Data Warehouse Appliances (8/28/07)
As a long-time BI industry analyst, Mike Schiff knows a thing or two about the world of data warehousing. His current area of focus is the appliance segment. Tune in to this What Works podcast to see what Schiff has to say about this exploding market segment.

TDWI Radio News: Visual i|o Opens New Doors (8/22/2007)
If seeing is believing, then the future for data visualization software is so bright, the folks in that business just have to wear shades. Tune into this TDWI Radio News interview to hear Visual i|o CEO Angela Shen-Hsieh talk about the game-changing nature of new data visualization tools.

What Works in Data Aggregation (8/14/07)
In the realm of data aggregation, there are some tricks of the trade for speeding up recalcitrant queries. Tune into this What Works podcast to hear Norman Comstock of UHY Advisors discuss data aggregation.

What Works: Big Ol' Data (7/24/07)
In some information environments, the number and variety of data sources can cause the smartest analyst to wince. Tune into this What Works podcast to hear Robert Abate of RCG Information Technology, as he outlines many of the key considerations to keep in mind when dealing with big data.

TDWI Radio News: SOA, Cognos Style (7/18/2007)
Industry pundits, consultants and vendors keep talking the SOA talk, but what does it take to walk the SOA walk? Cognos SOA guru Godfrey Lee says there are some very specific tenets to keep in mind when setting sail on the high seas of service orientation.

What Works: Data Consolidation (7/10/07)
Change is the one constant in business (as in life), and strategically managed change can yield remarkable benefits. Tune into this What Works podcast to hear industry veteran Sid Adelman discuss best practices and potential pitfalls in data consolidation.

TDWI Radio News: Spotlight on Spotfire (6/27/2007)
Visualize this: The world of information management looks different with each passing acquisition. Just recently, industry stalwart TIBCO took some analysts by surprise when they announced their intention to acquire data visualization specialist Spotfire. But is there more to Spotfire than meets the eye?

What Works: BI Standardization (6/26/07)
Standardization can offer great value, provided the standards implemented do not cut off agility or valuable functionality. There are many ways to standardize a decision-support environment these days, including: choosing one toolset on which to standardize; using a master data management application; or via an enterprise portal.

What Works: Data Integration and MDM (6/12/07)
Way back in 2001, Bhala Ghatate smiled in his Austin, TX, office, reveling in his latest big accomplishment: his third patent! His Business Rules Management System (BRMS) could do remarkable things, though the concept of managing business rules had yet to enter the mainstream. Fast forward a half-decade or so, and voila! Business rules are suddenly all the rage.

TDWI Radio News: Oco’s Suite Built From Scratch (5/23/2007)
In a realm increasingly dominated by large-scale acquisitions and overall consolidation, a (relatively) new crop of vendors offers alternatives to intelligence-hungry customers.

What Works: Data Quality, V 2.0 (5/22/07)
Bad data doesn't necessarily occur by mistake only. To fulfill its intended goal, sometimes data just needs a little explanation from a business user. Therein lies the value of documentation: Paperwork can explain what data means within a certain context.

TDWI Radio News: Who Masters the Master? (5/16/2007)
A Quest for the Golden Source.

What Works: Data Quality (5/8/07)
Data quality can make the difference between good decisions and bad. That's why smart organizations employ a managed data environment that constantly works to ensure the quality, consistency and accuracy of enterprise data.

TDWI Radio News: The Mid-Sized Market for BI and PM (5/2/2007)
The drum beat of SMB seems to be taking hold in the converging realms of business intelligence and performance management. Vendors large and small are increasingly ratcheting up their marketing pitch, and their offerings, to address this large, if somewhat unwieldy market of small and mid-sized organizations.

What Works: Pervasive BI (4/17/07)
As price points fall, global competition rises, hardware gets faster and faster, and the landscape of BI tips toward the mainstream business user.

TDWI Radio News: Big Blue Touts Dynamic, Balanced Warehousing (04/04/2007)
With Netezza announcing its intention to go public, and IBM rolling out its Balanced Warehouse offering, the evolution of data warehouse appliances appears to be moving toward maturation.

What Works: Information Bottlenecks (4/03/07)
One innovative solution to the common problem of information bottlenecks involves the use of a data accelerator, sometimes called an application accelerator.

What Works: Managing Spreadmarts (3/20/07)
By housing data in a centralized relational database, you can preserve data quality and a single version of the truth.

Informatica Announces Salesforce.com On-Demand Solution (03/14/2007)
If Salesforce.com is not a force to be reckoned with, Informatica didn't get that memo. The data integration specialist just announced its first on-demand offering, specifically tailored for Salesforce.com.

What Works: Process-Centric BI (3/06/07)
To focus on process may mean that access to more timely and more detailed data will be required, sometimes directly from source applications rather than through the delays of an ETL process.

TDWI Radio News: The Real-Time Tipping Point (2/28/2007)
Just how expensive is low-latency data? One estimate says: not so much!

TDWI Radio News: Database Visionary Stonebraker Sets Sights (2/21/2007)
Turning the world of database management on its ear, Dr. Michael Stonebraker says the old ways no longer make sense. And he’s doing something about it.

What Works: Data Warehouse Backup (2/20/07)
Says Jesse Fountain, director of proof-of-concept operations for DATAllegro, "Backup should not be an option." Rather, backup should comprise a fundamental component of any data warehousing strategy.

What Works: Data Warehouse Appliances (2/6/2007)
They’re so easy, even a caveman can install them! Well, maybe data warehousing appliances aren’t that simple, but they are definitely changing the landscape of information management.

TDWI Radio News: Open-Source BI, Moving Beyond the Myths (1/24/2007)
Don’t look now, but Gartner says there’s a reason watch the open-source business intelligence market these days. Actually, three reasons: Pentaho, JasperSoft and Actuate.

What Works: The Right Time for Right-Time BI (1/23/2007)
When is the time right for right-time BI? Hear Sybase IQ's Paul Krneta and BI Results' Rajeev Rawat offer insights.

Insight Radio: Focus on Performance Management 12/14/2006
Hear Microsoft's Bill Baker, BusinessEdge Solutions' Tony Politano, and Rajeev Rawat of BI Results talk about business performance management and how it relates to business intelligence.

TDWI Radio News: Informatica’s Strategy of Integration Independence (12/13/2006)
There’s a new data quality sheriff in town, and he has access to your semi-structured data.

TDWI Radio News: How to Discern Software Truth from Spin (11/22/2006)
How can you tell when a software salesperson is stretching the truth? Find out from the front lines!

TDWI Radio News: Computerworld Editor Touts 'Dashboard Democracy' (11/1/2006)
Business intelligence has gone mainstream; so says the executive editor of Computerworld in this exclusive TDWI Radio News interview!

TDWI Radio News: Kalido’s CEO Talks MDM and More (10/11/2006)
Active information management: another buzzword, or something more?

TDWI Radio News: Dissecting Customer Data Integration (10/9/2006)
Thanks in part to increasing processor speeds and (perhaps) more streamlined, or at least better managed information architectures, a new discipline redoubles efforts to better understand and serve customers.

TDWI Radio News: Appliance-mania Heats Up (10/4/2006)
You can tell a product by the companies it keeps (busy). Appliances are getting even hotter.

TDWI Radio News: Spreading the Spreadsheet (9/27/2006)
If spreadmarts cloud that coveted single version of the truth, can e.Spreadsheet let the sunshine in?

TDWI Radio News: QlikTech’s In-Memory Strategy for Speed (8/16/2006)
On a fundamental level, everyone who uses a computer wants the same thing: speed. QlikTech’s solution: ‘All analysis should be done in memory, and in real-time.’

TDWI Radio News: Interview with Data Quality Guru Philip Russom (8/9/2006)
The data quality industry received a couple swift kicks in the pants recently. Find out how, why, and what that means for you and your organization.

TDWI Radio News: Delving Deeper into Data Mining (8/2/2006)
As the amount and types of data continue to expand, organizations will increasingly turn to data mining for guidance on where to look and why.

TDWI Radio News: How Hierarchy Management Facilitates Analysis (7/12/2006)
What exactly is a hierarchy, and how can it facilitate analysis and reporting?

TDWI Radio News: Sears Buys 86-Terabyte Data Warehouse Appliance (6/28/2006)
The bigger they come, the harder it is to deny their viability: data warehouse appliances certainly seem to be taking off...

TDWI Radio News: The SOA Earthquake: iWay Software’s Senor on Shifting Tectonic Plates (6/14/2006)
The ground beneath information managers continues to shake, according to iWay Software’s John Senor. Is SOA an earthquake, or just a tremor?

TDWI Radio News: Cut Data Integration Time in Half with Automation Heuristics (6/7/2006)
That which cannot be automated might make us stronger, but cutting data integration time in half can hardly kill us.

TDWI Radio News: Interview with a SQL Guru, Microsoft’s Bill Baker (5/10/2006)
For years, he extolled the virtues of SQL, culminating with the debut of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 late last year. Now, he’s on to other things. Find out what Bill Baker is doing these days...

TDWI Radio News: The Doors Are Open; Source, That Is (5/3/2006)
Another open-source offering goes for the trenches of operational reporting.

TDWI Radio News: Circumvent or Augment the Warehouse with CopperEye (4/26/2006)
Who called whom and when? Terror investigators wanted to know, and now a new product offers a novel approach to traditional business intelligence.

TDWI Radio News: Now Hear This! Business Intelligence Appliances Heat Up (4/19/2006)
Appliances: They’re not just for the kitchen anymore.

TDWI Radio News: What's Free, Flexible and Fairly Intuitive? (4/12/2006)
The Eclipse Foundation’s Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) package boasts an attractive price-point, at free. What’s up with that?