Lou Agosta is an independent industry analyst in data warehousing. A former industry analyst at Giga Information Group, Agosta has published extensively on industry trends in data warehousing, data mining and data quality. He can be reached at LAgosta@acm.org.

Data Warehousing Meets Data Archiving in Information Lifecycle Management
April 17, 2008 Data warehousing without archiving is like a garage that a family has used for several generations.

Look Ahead
February 21, 2008 This trends in data warehousing and business intelligence article takes the approach to prediction often used at enterprises...

Data Archiving - A Quiet Market Reaches Take-off Velocity
February 14, 2008 Data archiving is a quiet market with significant potential. Given the growth in data volumes and intolerance for response...

Data Warehousing Appliances Fly into a Storm of Controversy
November 29, 2007 One author's view of data warehousing appliances.

The Data Warehousing Satisfaction Survey, Part 3: A Single Fact is Worth a Thousand Opinions
October 16, 2007 This is the final installment in a three-part look at results from a Data Warehouse Satisfaction Survey.

The Data Warehousing Satisfaction Survey, Part 2: The Bounds of Data Warehousing Limited only by the Business Imagination
October 9, 2007 Interesting excerpts and commentary on an IBM Data Warehousing Satisfaction Survey.

The Data Warehouse Satisfaction Survey, Part 1: The Number One Complaint About Data Warehousing
October 2, 2007 Results from an IBM data warehouse satisfaction survey show some interesting results. This is Part 1 of a three-part series.

Making Sense Out of the Future
August 1, 2007 Enterprises that look at and know how to use business intelligence data are playing a different game at a more advanced level...

A Raid on the Inarticulate: Text Mining Hits an Inflection Point
July 19, 2007

A Raid on the Inarticulate: Text Mining Hits an Inflection Point
July 16, 2007 Text mining is redefining the realms of possibility.

Dynamic Data Warehousing - The Virtual Brand Reaches Take-Off Speed
June 21, 2007

Clickstream Data Warehousing - Turning Clicks into Customers
June 15, 2007

Clickstream Data Warehousing - Turning Clicks into Customers
June 13, 2007 Discover the business value and dynamic around clickstream data warehousing

Creating a Culture of Innovation through Outsourcing
June 9, 2007 Companies are leveraging offshore partnerships and skilled global talent as a vital part of a successful business

Data Warehousing Makes Way for Health Analytics
April 19, 2007

Making Sense Out of the Business Intelligence Market
February 15, 2007

Advance from Traditional to Dynamic Data Warehousing
December 14, 2006

Data Warehousing Trends for 2007
November 15, 2006

Six Degrees of Separation: Connecting the Dots Between Business and Technology Using ETL
October 19, 2006

Governing Data Governance
September 14, 2006

Mastering Master Data Management
August 17, 2006 Master data management is an area where connecting the dots between the business role and the underlying technology is...

Mastering Master Data Management
July 20, 2006

Business Value Shows Up at the User Interface
June 15, 2006

Data Warehousing Raises the Bar on SOA
May 18, 2006

Business Intelligence Searches for Emerging Trends
April 20, 2006

Data Warehousing in a Flat World: Trends for 2006
March 31, 2006 Three paradoxes will characterize data warehousing trends in the year ahead: location persistence, the proprietary data...

A Rational Approach to Chargeback for Data Warehousing, Part 2
March 16, 2006

Data Warehousing in a Flat World: Trends for 2006
March 1, 2006 Three paradoxes will characterize data warehousing trends in the year ahead: location persistence, the proprietary data...

A Rational Approach to Chargeback for Data Warehousing, Part 1
February 16, 2006

What to Look for in a Business Intelligence Partner
January 19, 2006

The Year Ahead - Data Warehousing Trends 2006
January 1, 2006

Exploring the Social Life of the Data Warehouse
December 1, 2005

Business Intelligence is Now a Priority Process
November 1, 2005

The Data Strategy Advisor
October 1, 2005

Unintended Consequences: Whose Identity Is It Anyway?
September 1, 2005

Aligning the Data with Business Strategy Requires Having a Strategy
August 1, 2005

The Data Strategy Advisor
July 1, 2005

Very Large Data Warehouses Challenge Backup
June 1, 2005

The Shoemaker's Children Urgently Need New Shoes
May 1, 2005

Oracle Dominates Data Warehousing Survey
April 1, 2005

Hub-and-Spoke Architecture Favored
March 1, 2005

Trends in Data Quality
February 1, 2005

Basic Business Imperatives Drive Predictive Analytics
January 1, 2005

The Data Strategy Advisor
December 1, 2004

A Time of Growth for Data Warehousing
November 1, 2004

The Impact and Cost of Information Quality Lapses
October 1, 2004

Unmet Requirements Drive Data Warehousing Spending Expectations
September 1, 2004

The Future of Data Mining – Predictive Analytics
August 1, 2004 The technology innovations in data mining since 2000 have been truly Darwinian and show promise of consolidating and...

The Data Strategy Advisor
July 1, 2004

Technology Innovation in Predictive Analytics
June 1, 2004

Inflexion Point in Information Quality: Data Profiling Assimilated by IQ
May 1, 2004

Is Your Data Warehouse Active?
April 1, 2004

Relentless Improvements in Hardware Dwarf the Open Source Revolution
March 1, 2004

Data Mining Market Consolidation Lessons Learned
February 1, 2004

Data Mining is Dead –­ Long Live Predictive Analytics!
January 1, 2004

Hub-and-Spoke Architecture Most Popular for Data Warehousing
December 1, 2003

Data Quality and ETL Will Converge, Not Merge
November 1, 2003

Special Issues with Data Warehousing Security
October 1, 2003

Data Warehouse Size Depends on the Size of the Business Problem
August 1, 2003

Noted in Passing: The Author of a Great Idea
July 1, 2003

Data Warehousing Refresh Rates
June 1, 2003

The Costs of Information and Data Quality Defects
May 1, 2003

Avoiding Data Warehousing Religious Wars
April 1, 2003

Managing Meta Data Risks
March 1, 2003

Data Warehousing After the Bubble Burst
February 1, 2003

The Search for an Information Quality Safe Harbor
January 1, 2003

A Data Warehousing CMM: Garbage In, Quality Out
November 1, 2002

The Meaning of Data Quality
October 1, 2002

Data Mart Consolidation Drivers
September 1, 2002

Leveraging Data Warehousing in a Corporate Merger
July 1, 2002

The Case for an Objective ETL Benchmark
June 1, 2002

SMP or MPP for Data Warehousing
May 1, 2002

The Data Strategy Advisor
April 1, 2002

Planning a Data Warehouse? Assemble the Cross-Functional Team!
March 1, 2002

The Data Warehouse Was Built, Not Designed!
February 1, 2002

Don't Let This Happen to Your Data Warehouse
January 1, 2002

Organizational Dynamics in Managing ETL Technology
December 1, 2001

How to Distinguish a Data Miner from a Data Hacker
November 1, 2001

Advice Only a Vendor Could Love
October 1, 2001

Object-Oriented or Relational?
September 1, 2001

More CRM Without the Customer. . .and Without the Data Warehouse
July 1, 2001

Notes from the Giga Advisor
June 1, 2001

Viability of the ASP Model for Data Mining
May 1, 2001

Be the Electron in the Wire: Data Warehousing with DB2/6000 vs. S/390
April 1, 2001

Reports of the Demise of Meta Data Are Premature
March 1, 2001

What is the Value of Data?
February 1, 2001

Advances in Web Computing
June 1, 1998 The author discusses agent technology and how agent software may affect the understanding of data management in the context of...