Colin White is the founder of BI Research. White is well-known for his in-depth knowledge of leading-edge business intelligence and enterprise business integration technologies and how they can be used to build a smart and agile business. With more than 35 years of IT experience, he has consulted for dozens of companies throughout the world and is a frequent speaker at leading IT events. White is also conference chair for DCI's Portals, Collaboration and Content Management conference. He has written numerous articles on business intelligence and enterprise business integration. White may be reached at info@bi-research.com.

The Impact of Web 2.0
August 1, 2007 The concepts behind 2.0 technologies identify a set of disruptive approaches that offer new ways of building, deploying and...

A Process-Centric Approach to Business Intelligence
January 8, 2007 Achieve integration of transactional, collaborative, BI and planning processes

A Process-Centric Approach to Business Intelligence
December 1, 2006 Integration of transactional, collaborative, BI and planning processes can be achieved through workflows and a business...

Data Integration: Still a Barrier for Most Organizations
April 1, 2006 Trends in data integration are examined as implementation approaches that break down some of today's barriers to data...

Portal Excellence Awards
February 1, 2006 Winning entries from the November 2005 DCI Portals, Collaboration and Content Management Conference sponsored by DCI and DM...

Is BAM Alive and Well?
September 1, 2005 This article covers business activity monitoring (BAM) and its business benefits, discusses whether BAM has achieved those...

The Next Generation of Business Intelligence: Operational BI
May 1, 2005

Knowledge Management: Reality at Last?
February 1, 2005

Building the Smart Business
December 1, 2004

The Evolution of the Enterprise Portal
October 1, 2004

Now is the Right Time for Real-Time BI
September 1, 2004

Business Intelligence Automation
August 1, 2004

A Taxonomy for BI
June 1, 2004

The 2004 Portal Excellence Awards
May 1, 2004 At the 2004 DCI Portals, Collaboration and Content Management Conference in March, winners were announced in two categories:...

Enterprise Reporting is Alive and Well
April 1, 2004

Is EII Virtual Data Warehousing Revisited?
February 1, 2004

The Corporate Portal: What's in a Name?
December 1, 2003

BAM and Business Intelligence
September 1, 2003 This article provides an overview of BAM and its business benefits and describes how BAM technologies and products are...

Is the Portal Dead?
July 1, 2003 Using examples from the recent DCI Portal Excellence Awards, White explains the role of portals in an enterprise business...

OLAP in the Database
June 1, 2003

Determining Enterprise Portal ROI
April 1, 2003 The key to portal success is to develop a portal project plan that identifies ROI metrics that can be used to validate the...

ETL in the Database
April 1, 2003

The Role of Web Services in an Enterprise Portal
March 1, 2003 It is critical to gain an understanding of Web Services, as they will become the primary way in which business processes...

Understanding Performance Management
February 1, 2003

The Role of Network Storage for Data Warehousing
January 10, 2003 This article discusses the issues involved in managing and administering a high-performance and high-availability data...

Enterprise Portals: State of the Art
December 1, 2002 Enterprise portals are becoming the standard Web interface for delivering content to business users, and this article...

The Role of Network Storage for DB2 Data Warehousing
November 1, 2002 Network storage enables data warehouse information to be maintained by specialized networked servers that are optimized...

Near Real-Time and Automated Decision Making
October 1, 2002

Real-Time Data Warehousing Heats Up
August 1, 2002

Building the Intelligent Business
June 1, 2002

The Evolution of the E-Business Portal
August 1, 2001 When evaluating portal products, it is important to match product features to application requirements and select products...

The Federated Data Warehouse
March 1, 2000 The move toward the use of turnkey analytic application packages will accelerate the use of independent data marts. A...

Packaged Analytic Applications: The Key to Data Warehouse ROI
January 1, 2000 Organizations need to select carefully to ensure that an analytic application package can provide the comprehensive metrics...

Using Information Portals in the Enterprise
December 10, 1999 Revisit this classic article which discusses the use of enterprise information portals for finding and viewing enterprise-wide...

Using Information Portals in the Enterprise
April 1, 1999 This article discusses the use of enterprise information portals for finding and viewing enterprise-wide business information,...

Managing Distributed Data Warehouse Meta Data
February 1, 1999 The trend toward the use of packaged analytic applications will make data integration more difficult, but this problem must be...