For a long time I thought vendor lock-in was a bad thing. And still it can be. But my point of view has become a bit more subtle. Let me explain. Vendor lock-in, what is it? On Wikipedia you can read: “In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use...
Read MoreAs promised .. .. I would still upload the slides from the presentation done at the TDWI conference. Of course the slides miss some context as not everything said is on them. Also important to know is that not all Venn-diagrams contain all tools, because the needed information was not provided. Well, here you can download: DWA_Tool_Selection_and_Classification_PDF If you have any questions, you can contact me! See the contact page for...
Read MoreIntroduction As you might know, I started a survey on the usage and opinion about Data Warehouse Automation (DWA) Tools. Today I am presenting the results. I sincerely want to thank all the participants for sharing your thoughts. The participants First some insight into the persons that filled in the survey. You were not with so many (62 completed surveys). In statistics there is a formula to compute the minimum sample...
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