Kimball University: Eight Guidelines for Low-Risk Enterprise Data Warehousing


New data sources and BI delivery modes make it that much harder for EDW initiatives to succeed. Here are eight recommendations for controlling project costs and reducing risks.


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Poor Use Of Data Integration Tools Can Waste $500,000 Annually: Gartner


The analyst firm recommends adopting a standard tool for each of the three main categories of data-integration tools and using open-source  software and tools that are provided at no additional cost with database management systems.


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5 Things To Do With Dead PC Hardware


Learn the five best fates for dead PCs, notebooks, hard drives, and other gear. Hint: Letting them go to a landfill is not one of them. Recycling is.


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How Sun Could Fit With Oracle's Strategy


Acquisition would allow Oracle to integrate an application, operating system, middleware, and database on top of its own hardware.


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InformationWeek Analytics: Endpoint Security And DLP


A smart mix of policies, education, and new technologies like data loss prevention can help IT balance access and protection.


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How Retailer Steve & Barry's Failure Rippled Through IT Careers


From its New York CIO to its help desk in India, 130 IT pros hit the pavement this year.


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IT Pros Get Meager Raises As Median Pay Hits $80,000, Our Survey Finds


Our annual salary survey finds big differences based on regions, industries, and skills. Median manager pay reaches $105,000.


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Apple Apology For Baby Shaker Criticized


The application, which depicts a crying baby, has users quiet the infant by vigorously shaking the smartphone.


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Yahoo Pulls The Plug On GeoCities


The move comes a few days after Yahoo said it would lay off
nearly 700 workers, or 5 percent of its workforce.


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Apple's iPhone App Store Logs Billionth Download


The person who downloaded the billionth app will get $10,000 in iTunes credit, a 17-inch MacBook Pro, a 32 GB iPod Touch and a Time Capsule backup system.


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T-Mobile Aiming For Smarter Grid


The carrier's embedded SIMs will enable smart meters on a low-voltage transformer to communicate back to the utility over a smart grid.


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iPhone Sales Gives Apple A Boost


Mac sales lag behind expectations, and Steve Jobs is expected to return to Apple closer to the end of June, executives say.


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Planetary System Discovered That Could Support Life


Planet Gliese 581 "e" orbits its host star in just over three days and is nearly 21 light-years away from the constellation Libra, researchers said.


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VMware Software Sales Fall, Forecast Disappoints


Company executives presented a grim picture of the economy, saying customers are not investing in new projects.


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