Philip Russom
Philip Russom is the senior manager of research and services at The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), where he oversees many of TDWI's research-oriented publications, services and events. Prior to joining TDWI in 2005, Russom was an industry analyst covering BI at Forrester Research, Giga Information Group and Hurwitz Group. He also ran his own business as an independent industry analyst and BI consultant, and was contributing editor with Intelligent Enterprise and DM Review magazines. Before that, Russom worked in technical and marketing positions for various database vendors. You can reach him at prussom@tdwi.org.
Recent Stories From this Author
TDWI: BI Search and Text Analytics
May 22, 2007 This is an excerpt from the recent TDWI Research Report, "BI Search and Text Analytics: New Additions to the BI Technology...
TDWI Research: BI Search and Text Analytics
May 15, 2007 This is an excerpt from the recent TDWI Research Report, "BI Search and Text Analytics: New Additions to the BI Technology...
Master Data Management: Consensus-Driven Data Definitions for Cross-Application Consistency
January 23, 2007
TDWI Survey Finds 83 Percent of Organizations Suffering from Poor Master Data
November 7, 2006
Organizational Best Practices for MDM
September 21, 2006 This is an excerpt from "Master Data Management: Consensus-Driven Data Definitions for Cross-Application Consistency," a...
Liability and Leverage - A Case for Data Quality
August 18, 2006 The liabilities of poor-quality data and the leveragability of high-quality data compel action
Liability and Leverage - A Case for Data Quality
August 1, 2006 The liabilities of poor-quality data and the leveragability of high-quality data should compel everyone to action.
Forrester Research: The ETL Tool Market is Back and Growing
August 24, 2004
Defining E-Business Performance Management
November 17, 2000
iQO's CustomerView – At the Confluence of Trends for Internet-Based Business Intelligence
November 10, 2000
OLAP Services Advances to Analysis Services
October 27, 2000
An Inventory of Business Intelligence Capabilities in Oracle9i
October 13, 2000
Oracle9i
October 6, 2000
Trends in E-Business Integration
September 22, 2000
Product Life-Cycle Analysis
September 15, 2000
Genie Grants Three Wishes to Manufacturer
September 8, 2000
Increasing Manufacturing Performance Through Supply Chain Intelligence
September 1, 2000 Packaged analytic applications for supply chain intelligence are
a new category of enterprise software that promises to...
The New Procurement
August 25, 2000
Business Intelligence – An Imperative for E-Business
August 11, 2000
Defining Data Quality Service Providers (DQSP)
August 3, 2000
BI Meets ASP
August 1, 2000
The Leading Edge of Data Quality Software
July 27, 2000
Data Quality for E-Business Integration
July 20, 2000
Object Databases Enter Legacy Phase
July 13, 2000
Requirements for Packaged Analytic Applications
June 29, 2000
Analyst’s Corner
June 9, 2000 Philip Russom, one of DMReview.com’s regular online columnists, talks about how strong trends in the past few years have...
Assessing Data Warehouse Solutions that Support SAP R/3
June 1, 2000
Evaluating XML Support in IT Software
May 18, 2000
Defining Business Intelligence Service Providers, Part II
May 11, 2000
Defining Business Intelligence Service Providers (BISPs)
May 4, 2000
Trends in Data Visualization Software for Business Users
May 1, 2000 Trends in data visualization software include an expanding number of chart types, growing data sets and dynamic visualizations...
Start with Procurement – Use Analysis to Optimize It
April 27, 2000
Supplier Relationship Management - An Analytic Approach to Optimizing Procurement
April 20, 2000
Eschew Myopia – Look Beyond Your Enterprise for Intelligence
April 13, 2000
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Your Customers but Were Afraid to Ask
April 6, 2000
Working on the IT Chain Gang
March 30, 2000
Crossing the Chasm – EIPs
March 23, 2000
The Peaceful Coexistence of XML and EDI
March 16, 2000
Searching for a Better Search Mechanism
March 9, 2000
More Churn in the Customer
February 24, 2000
Defining Software for Customer Analytics
February 17, 2000
Stampeding Herd of XML-Based Standards Is Coming
February 10, 2000
Informix and Ardent Announce Merger Plans
January 20, 2000
As the ERP Market Cools, Its After-Market Heats Up
December 10, 1999
Operational Data Store -- An Infrastructure for e-Business Integration, Part 2
December 3, 1999
Operational Data Store -- Addressing a Real-World Need for e-Business Integration, Part 1
November 19, 1999
Experts and Executives Exuberantly Expound on Exemplary XML Experiences
November 12, 1999
Panning for Gold in the Click Stream
November 5, 1999
XML as an Enabler for e-Business
October 29, 1999
The Cutting Edge of Knowledge Management Software
October 15, 1999
E-Business
October 1, 1999
New Directions for Knowledge Management Software
October 1, 1999 Changes in knowledge management software over the past few years have followed a strong trend from manual to automatic...
Informix Media360: Multimedia Management, Not Mere Storage
September 24, 1999
Analyst’s Corner
September 15, 1999 The Analyst’s Corner will be a regular feature of DMReview.com’s Online Columnists section. Read Phillip Russom’s first...









