Editor in Chief

Julie Langenkamp-Muenkel, Editor in Chief of Information-Management.com, has more than a decade of experience in print and online media, primarily with IM’s predecessor, DM Review, which she joined in 1999. She is responsible for the strategic editorial direction for the publication as well as coordinating editorial and production aspects for the brand’s website and digital programs. Julie enjoys delivering content that informs, entertains, educates and generally helps IM’s audience meet the needs of their daily roles as knowledge workers. Julie Langenkamp-Muenkel can be reached at julie.langenkamp@sourcemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter at @JulieLangenkamp.

100 Columns and Counting: Gary Cokins on His Life in Analytics
June 5, 2013 With this interview, we recognize Cokins' accomplishments in writing on analytics, BI, EPM and more, and offer sincere...

Actian to Buy ParAccel
April 25, 2013 Scale-out capabilities of ParAccel’s MPP architecture will enhance existing Actian big data offerings

Klout Launches Klout for Business
March 25, 2013 Social analytics company launches dashboard to help businesses understand social influencers

Kofax Acquires Altosoft
March 1, 2013 Kofax purchases business analytics software developer to support its strategy in the smart process applications market

SAP’s Suite Take on HANA
January 10, 2013 New release targets operational data for real-time creation, analysis

What You Need to Know about Open Source BI
December 13, 2012 10 Minutes with analyst and author Lyndsay Wise, on her new book, the handful of exciting innovations in business...

CNDC Embeds Performance Management into Working Culture
December 11, 2012 Innovative Solution Award 2012 Winner: Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, Nominated by Northwood Advisors Category:...

Vancouver Coastal Health’s Patient Continuum
December 11, 2012 Innovative Solution Award 2012 Winner: Vancouver Coastal Health Category: Business Intelligence and Analytics

Trilogy to Acquire Four Businesses from Progress Software
October 19, 2012 New company to be formed from Progress’ Sonic, Savvion, Actional and DXSI divisions

Snapshot on The Importance of Mobile BI
November 1, 2011 Mobile BI development and adoption have taken off in the past year, significantly changing the mobile landscape according to...

Editor's Note: Endings, Beginnings and The Path Along the Way
November 1, 2011

Editor's Note: Providing Value
September 1, 2011

Editor's Note: Looking to the Future
July 1, 2011

Editor's Note: Inspired
May 1, 2011 What can make the difference is the presence of a leader who sees the vision for an information management program and takes...

Amazon EC2 Outage Takes Down Websites
April 21, 2011 Errors and latency with regional services highlight risks of popular cloud computing model

Editor's Note: Freedom to Choose
March 1, 2011 We can focus on freedoms that help us innovate and be more productive in any endeavor

Editor's Note: The Cultural Resolution
January 1, 2011 The Cultural Resolution

Enterprise Server Virtualization Market to Reach $19.3 Billion by 2014
December 6, 2010 IDC forecasts significant growth in server virtualization worldwide as organizations seek data center efficiencies

Bold Steps to Success
November 1, 2010 Stepping out against the norm is usually not a quick way to make friends, yet it is a necessary step in the due course of...

Data Investments Boost Productivity, ROE
September 1, 2010 University of Texas at Austin study gives data quality insights

The Word is Out
September 1, 2010 Editor's note

Bidding Intensifies over 3PAR
August 27, 2010 Shortly after Dell announced Friday morning that 3PAR accepted its increased offer to acquire the storage leader for $27 per...

Bidding War: HP Makes Rival Bid for 3PAR
August 23, 2010 HP issues higher bid than Dell; proposes to acquire 3PAR for $24 per share in cash

SAP and Sybase Combine Forces to Unwire the Enterprise
August 20, 2010 Company leaders reveal strategy and product innovations in enterprise mobility, business analytics and enterprise information...

Security Software Market Poised to Grow 11 percent in 2010
August 19, 2010 Organizations have indicated an intention to give priority to security budgets despite current economic downturn

Dell Agrees to Acquire 3PAR
August 16, 2010 Acquisition brings Dell virtualization-optimized storage and supports company's goal of reducing data management costs and...

IBM to Acquire Unica Corporation
August 13, 2010 Consolidation in marketing automation space enables IBM to better understand its customers and transform marketing campaign...

Enterprise IT Spending on Pace to Grow 2.9 Percent Globally in 2010
August 12, 2010 Utilities and government sectors likely to experience strongest growth rates

GoodData and SnapLogic Connect Data for Dashboards and Analytics
August 11, 2010 New Snap eases integration to deliver "data to a dashboard in a week"

Sybase and HP Address Needs of Data-Intensive Environments
August 10, 2010 HP-Sybase BI reference architecture is designed for quick deployment, cost reduction and fast ROI to drive business value

HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns
August 6, 2010 Probe uncovers violations of HP’s standards of business conduct

Infinite Data Retention Leads to Costly Mistakes
August 5, 2010 Survey from Symantec finds that when it comes to information management, most organizations don’t follow their own advice

CIOs Should Plan Now for Second Economic Downturn
July 9, 2010 Gartner analysts say CIOs should have a plan in place to ensure they ready for potential financial storms

Summer Fun
July 1, 2010 Editor's note

Snapshot: Making Information Available
July 1, 2010 Organizations are recognizing the need for information applications

Information Applications: Making Information Available
June 30, 2010 Information applications is an emerging category that combines aspects of technologies for information management including...

SAS Acquires U.K. Software Firm Memex
June 23, 2010 Acquisition strengthens position in rapidly growing law enforcement and national security markets

Snapshot on the Project Management Office
June 21, 2010 The Value of the PMO

Self-Service Delivers Pervasive Analytics
June 11, 2010 Companies adopt business intelligence at the business unit level to equip managers with analytics

IBM to Acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T
May 24, 2010 Acquisition will enhance integration across the supply chain

Business Intelligence and Performance Management Not Very Mature
May 14, 2010 Forty-one percent of respondents have a strong desire to improve BI and performance management in the areas of operations,...

It's All About the Data
May 1, 2010 Information Management's editor in chief discusses what you can expect from this new issue

Snapshot: Coordinating Data Management
May 1, 2010 Unified data management usage will increase significantly over the next three years, according to TDWI's best practices report

Snapshot on Open Source
April 21, 2010 Open Source's Timely Agenda

Open Source BI Efficiency
April 9, 2010 Smaller organizations benefiting, top performers using self-service models don’t depend on IT to generate reports

TIBCO Software Acquires Netrics
March 26, 2010 Data matching engine technology to complement TIBCO data governance, master data management solutions

Top 10 Trends in Business Intelligence for 2010
March 5, 2010 BI is a source of relative growth and innovation in 2010, according to predictions from HP

Snapshot on Cloud Growth
March 1, 2010 How organizations plan for and manage cloud IT will have to improve upon established practices and policies

Snapshot on E-Discovery
February 18, 2010 E-Discovery Matures

IBM to Acquire NISC
January 22, 2010 Deal is intended to improve delivery advanced analytics and IT solutions for government, health care, logistics, energy

Check out the Information Management Discussion Boards
January 15, 2010 We have 12 different forums, each representing a topical area of interest, such as analytics, BI, data management and...

Employment Outlook for IT Tentatively Optimistic
January 8, 2010 Dice reports hiring expectations improved over past six months; more than 48,000 positions open across U.S.

Gartner Buys Analyst Firm Burton Group
January 6, 2010 Acquisition of Burton Group increases research market opportunity

Bring on 2010
January 2, 2010 2009 is gone - and good riddance. Here's hoping that 2010 will be a significant improvement over the last year

Oldies but Goodies: Most Popular Classic Articles in 2009
December 18, 2009 Some people think that only the latest information is valuable or interesting. But the truth is, many of Information...

Information Management's Most Popular Stories of 2009
December 17, 2009 The Information Management editorial team spends time each year researching the most important topics to information...

Snapshot on Cloud Computing
November 5, 2009 Cloud predictions

JDA Software Group to Acquire i2 Technologies, Again
November 5, 2009 New agreement structured to include high degree of completion certainty

Information Accessibility
November 1, 2009 How many times have you needed a tibit of information, and you're certain it exists, but you don't know exactly where to find...

Snapshot on BI Vendors
November 1, 2009 BI Vendors: Is Bigger Better?

Global CIOs Look to Analytics for Recovery
October 23, 2009 Business analytics rapidly moves up the recovery watch radar in Asia/Pacific, says IDC

Electronic Arts Deploys Teradata MDM
October 22, 2009 Gaming software maker benefits from more accurate data to drive higher quality of intelligence

Seeing More Clearly through the Dashboard
October 16, 2009 iDashboard business intelligence visualization upgrade features what-if analytics, multiple language support

Oracle Open World: Big Show, Big Headlines
October 15, 2009 A recap of some of the week’s announcements

Major Retailer Outsources Entire EDW to the Cloud
October 8, 2009 Dollar General Corp. replaces Oracle and HP with 1010data’s hosted analytics/data warehousing service

A Global Voice for Open Source
October 2, 2009 OW2 and OSA will merge platforms and join forces to speak on research, technology, business and policy issues

Web Services Interop for CMS
October 1, 2009 Content Management Interoperability Specification approved for public review and nears approval

Gartner: Measurement, Monitoring of Data Center Energy Use is Immature
September 25, 2009 Many managers neglect the metrics necessary for complete and effective green IT strategy

BI Can Help Cows Work Efficiently Too
September 25, 2009 Organic valley farm cooperative gains clear view into its business to grow operations

IDC: 6,000 Tech Marketing Jobs Lost in 2009
September 18, 2009 Marketing executives are facing significant organizational pressure, redeploying resources under current operating conditions

Editor's Note: Course of Action
September 14, 2009 Economic volatility has changed the business landscape

Gartner Identifies 10 Enterprise Architecture Pitfalls
September 11, 2009 Analysts identify wrong person as lead architect and not engaging businesspeople as two of the biggest pitfalls

Sybase and Verizon Support Mobile Workforce Worldwide
September 10, 2009 New partnership aims to solve key issues of mobility services, including complexity, security and risks

Study Shows Information Quality Professionals are Well Paid and Content
August 28, 2009 The IAIDQ's study of salary and job satisfaction among information quality practitioners around the world reveals information...

Six Approaches to Save Money in Content Management
August 27, 2009 Gartner analysts examine best practices in ECM

Complete Business Intelligence on the Cloud
August 14, 2009 Four independent cloud and BI vendors release “first” end-to-end solution for agile analytics on the cloud

IBM Business Analytics for Legal Decision-Making
August 13, 2009 New eDiscovery software seeks to provide insight into collected information and case strategy

Top Performers Deliver BI Directly to Decision-Makers
August 7, 2009 Leading companies seek increased value from enterprise resource planning deployments through business intelligence

IBM to Acquire SPSS Inc. -Update
July 28, 2009 Predictive analytics capabilities will be integrated into Information on Demand portfolio for improved business decisions

New Coalition Promotes Open Source Software in Government
July 24, 2009 Diverse group of industry leaders and institutions will work with policymakers, public to spur adoption, take advantage of...

Oracle Acquires GoldenGate Software
July 23, 2009 Addition of real-time data integration solution will create heterogeneous data integration platform

HP Acquires IBRIX
July 17, 2009 Addition helps position HP in the scale-out and high-performance computing storage, cloud storage and fixed content archiving...

Editor's Note: Work in Progress
July 16, 2009 I must not be the only person perpetually plowing through a to-do list, because many of our authors this month discuss a work...

Snapshot: BI Revenues Up 22 Percent Last Year
July 16, 2009 Snapshot on BI revenue growth

Positioning for the Rebound
July 16, 2009 IT employers taking steps to strengthen their employment brand to prepare for economic turnaround

Cautious Optimism for Growth
July 14, 2009 Aberdeen Group reports that amid the negative earnings reports, layoffs and general economic malaise, many organizations show...

Overcoming Data Silos
July 10, 2009 Step-by-step methodology improves enterprise-wide decision-making by delivering integrated information

EMC to Acquire Data Domain
July 9, 2009 Fierce bidding war between EMC and NetApp to gain cost-reducing storage technology comes to a close

Aster Data Appliance Lowers Entry Cost
July 2, 2009 Vendor claims that at $50,000, the MapReduce Data Warehouse Appliance is the industry’s most cost-effective appliance

ParAccel Upgrades Analytic Database
June 30, 2009 Vendor claims Analytic Database 2.0 delivers sophistication and enterprise readiness previously unseen among analytic...

BI Revenues Up 22 Percent Last Year
June 12, 2009 Gartner Inc. reports overall revenues surpassed $8.8 billion, in part due to strong focus from mega vendors

Poll Predicts Economic Turn
June 11, 2009 Quarterly survey of corporate financial pros shows increasing optimism; almost half expect improvements in next six months

NYSE Euronext Ups Market Surveillance
June 9, 2009 Data warehouse appliance from Netezza monitors large trading volumes for regulatory compliance

illuminate Releases Correlation Database Technology
June 5, 2009 iLuminate 4.0 automatically designs and builds data warehouses

Informatica Acquires AddressDoctor
June 3, 2009 Strategic acquisition adds global address validation capabilities to Informatica’s data quality offering

Semantics Aid NASA’s Constellation Program
June 2, 2009 Technology proves essential to achieve exploration program goals for U.S. return to the moon and mission to Mars

Social Media Analytics that Understand Meaning
May 28, 2009 Autonomy Interwoven releases Intelligent Connectors to social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube; allows...

Interface: The Self-Service Customer
May 22, 2009 Efficient and effective kiosks are a solid strategy for success

Snapshot On Master Data Management
May 22, 2009 According to a study from The Information Difference, one-third of responding organizations have implemented some form of MDM

Editor's Note
May 19, 2009 Timing is everything, and the time is ripe for change.

Missing Out due to Travel Restrictions?
April 29, 2009 Corporate travel budgets have been slashed, but what are the long-term effects of less opportunity

Editor's Note
April 13, 2009 As of this moment, I'm publicly admitting my initial reluctance to embrace social networking trends

Editor's Note
March 20, 2009 I'm a sucker for feedback, and one of the most rewarding experiences of these past few months has been to read comments from...

Editor's Note
February 11, 2009 Green is certainly a popular trend these days, but what does it really mean?

From the Editor
January 29, 2009 2009 brings big changes to DM Review .

DM Review is now Information Management
January 21, 2009 The cat’s out of the bag: DM Review is now Information Management

From the Editor
November 6, 2008 Letter to the Readers

From the Editor
October 30, 2008 Letter to the Readers

From the Editor
September 22, 2008 Letter to the Readers

From the Editor
August 21, 2008 If you’re anything like me, you may hear someone say, “I’m interested in your opinion” and think,...

From the Editor
July 23, 2008 DM Review strives to bring you the latest information regarding trends in business intelligence and information management,...

From the Editor
June 20, 2008 How often do you hear the phrase, “In this present economy, companies need to do two things: reduce costs and increase...

From the Editor
May 20, 2008 DM Radio, a live weekly broadcast available at DMReview.com, recently hosted a lively discussion on the topic of Web...

From the Editor
April 14, 2008 In every decision-making process, there is room for innovation, creativity and aha moments of profound insight - even if we...

From the Editor
March 17, 2008 Spring has arrived.

From the Editor
February 21, 2008 It’s another election year in the U.S., and news of the races, the candidates, the issues - politics blow by blow -...

From the Editor
January 22, 2008 While much has changed in just one year, the requirements of making informed business decisions, aligning business and IT, and...