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Enterprise 2.0: What Really Changes?
10. 6.2008

Neil Raden

I was asked to be a part of a panel discussing Enterprise 2.0 platforms... What I picked up is that the idea of building community is pretty key, as well as understanding the changing sensitivities and work habits of the younger workforce... But where do people find the time to use social networking on top of their already jammed schedules?

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Curt Monash

HP-Oracle Appliance Prices Estimated
10. 3.2008
I've been trying to figure out how much the HP-Oracle Database Machine and HP-Oracle Exadata Storage Server actually cost. I've updated my pricing spreadsheet... and my new estimate for HP Oracle Database Machine list price is $5,546,000. Per-terabyte prices (user data) are $60K and $198K for the two configurations.

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Shocker: Microsoft Will Support jQuery
10. 2.2008

Kas Thomas

The last company on earth I'd expect to support open-source JavaScript libraries is Microsoft... But guess what? Hades has apparently frozen over, because according to Microsoft's Scott Guthrie, "later this year" Microsoft will begin providing 24/7 Product Support Services support for jQuery, the popular open-source JavaScript library.

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Seth Grimes

Nominate Now for the 2008 Jolt Awards
10. 1.2008
Do you work for a company or project that makes software tools? Check out the 19th annual Jolt Awards for software-development product excellence. We're on the look-out for "Joltworthy" products that provide an SDK, components, languages or APIs, and/or back-end capabilities for developers. There are 13 categories total. They accommodate a spectrum of software and software-related products.

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EVENTS
• Kimball University: Dimensional Modeling In Depth
Washington D.C. (Arlington, VA)
September 30-October 3, 2008

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RESOURCE LINKS

Lead Generation
Eloqua's lead and demand generation software develops better leads.

Document Management System
Document management integrated in Windows, Office, Outlook, SharePoint

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INSIGHT

Kimball University: Practical Steps for Designing a Dimensional Model
September 29, 2008
by Margy Ross
What does it take to develop a robust dimensional model? Here's how to get from requirements-gathering to final approval in a process that will ferret out the good, bad and ugly realities of your source data and help you avoid surprises, delays and cost overruns.

Enterprise Search: Microsoft, Google, Specialized Players Vie For Supremacy
September 27, 2008
by Andrew Conry-Murray
Enterprise search assists in litigation, securing sensitive data, managing information, and building smarter applications. Oh, yeah, and finding that PowerPoint slide from 2006. But which vendor is best to partner with, and what are the technical challenges?

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INFO MANAGEMENT NEWS & ANALYSIS

Microsoft Will Bow In-Memory Analysis, Appliance-Ready Database in 2010
Microsoft SQL Server upgrades take center stage at this week's Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2008. 'People-Ready' enhancements promise bigger warehouses and fast, user-friendly slice-and-dice capabilities.

IBM Revamps User Interface For BPM Suite
The revamped user interface of the BPM Suite is called business spaces and leverages Web 2.0 technologies to build interactivity within a portal environment.

After Leading on Platform, Cognos Catches Up On Details
IBM Cognos 8.4 upgrades include Flash-based dashboards, improved BI search, location-aware mobile delivery and new data lineage capabilities. Viewpoint interface lets business users manage hierarchies and dimensions.

Startup Puts Microsoft Windows In Amazon's Clouds
Until 3Tera came along, EC2 customers could only choose among Unix-based operating systems, but couldn't run Windows or SQL Server applications.

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WHITE PAPERS

•Leveraging the Economics of Corporate Credit Cards

•Achieving Better Information Security with Content-Aware Database Monitoring

•Integrating Rich Reporting Into OEM Applications

•The Power of Intelligent Automation - Why Automated Network and Systems Monitoring Is Critical to IT and Business Performance

•Enable Users to Access Data Directly in Reports

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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TOPICS

The Information Management channel offers thought leadership from experts including Rajan Chandras, Mark Madsen, Alan Pelz-Sharpe and The Kimball Group. You'll also find news coverage, trend analysis, Q&A interviews and case studies on the following topics:

Database Servers and Management

Data Integration

Data Quality, Cleansing and Master Data Management

Data Warehousing

Enterprise Content Management and Portals

Privacy & Security

Search and Information Retrieval

Taxonomy, Categorization and Classification

Unstructured Data Management & Text Mining

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