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  1. Cloud computing reduces dependence on capital spend. But is that an entirely good thing? http://bit.ly/5kN8iO
  2. More on Microsoft's PowerPivot: Will BI capabilities give companies added incentive to upgrade to Office 2010? http://bit.ly/6Hyhxz
  3. Son is taking meds that make him sleepy. Heading out to ride bike w/ a pal, he tells me "I can't take that! I'll be operating machinery."
  4. @Lowrain on Microsoft Azure: Is tech playground's bully ready to play nice w/ others? Don't let guard down at recess. http://bit.ly/51CP7q
  5. Want a new laptop for personal, rather than professional, use. Looks like lots of Acer deals on Black Friday. Any opinions?
  6. @gooddata, Sorry, some points from @TDWI webinar were generalizations. #bi #saas New capabilities in cloud all the time, hard to keep up.
  7. For Dustin Hoffman in 'The Graduate,' it was 'plastics.' For today's IT pro, it's 'health care,' an emerging hot opp. http://bit.ly/GFWJ8
  8. SaaS challenges smaller than overall challenges involved in successful BI implementations. Bet he means people, process. #bi #saas #tdwi
  9. Shaklee: W/ SaaS, signing up for ongoing relationship. Get one who truly understands SaaS. SLAs are key.. #bi #saas #tdwi
  10. Shaklee: SaaS base solution much less expensive. 'Wasn't even close.' No internal resources for it, so big annual savings. #bi #ssas #tdwi
  11. @TDWI's Eckerson: 1st data load will be toughest. Incremental loads 'great.' Non-issue for Shaklee. #bi #saas #tdwi
  12. Some CIOs cut security corners for internal apps, less likely to do that w/ SaaS? Interesting point. #bi #saas #tdwi
  13. Security w/ PivotLink is 'absolutely better' than what Shaklee had previiously. Addressed Q upfront w/ provider. #bi #saas #tdwi
  14. Treat SaaS provider facility as yours and get internal folks to do security review. No diff than internal analysis. #bi #saas #tdwi
  15. Data cleansing an ongoing process for Shaklee. #bi #saas #tdwi
  16. Getting data in DW so quickly revealed probs in underlying source data. So didn't get all data cleansing done up front. #bi #saas #tdwi
  17. Internal IT led cleansing/mapping process at Shaklee. Cleansing involved functional areas. Not all correct 1st time. #bi #saas #tdwi
  18. Shaklee loads all sales, customer info, marketing and cost info. 'A lot' of data, loaded at least daily. in various formats #bi #saas #tdwi
  19. Real time info from countries around world, double-digit # of apps feeding DW. #bi #saas #tdwi
  20. Multiple users, multiple functional areas, multiple apps. If using it w/out being forced, 'you know you've got a winner' #bi #saas #tdwi