Sorry for the delay in posting the link to the BeyeNetwork/Actuate Webinar:
BIRT: Transforming Business Intelligence to Rich Information Applications

On Thursday November 19th at 11am PT/2pm ET I will be participating in a Webinar with Actuate. The presentation will discuss the importance of this new way of applying BI through:

an overview of traditional BI and the drivers that are shifting the way BI is applied within organizations
trends in the industry that support these [...]

Here is a link to the recording of yesterday’s beyeconnect chat that took place to discuss the costs associated with free BI:

Recorded presentation and chat

Luckily organizations can take advantage of free software offerings and get their feet wet and explore different business intelligence solutions.  However, when looking at free solutions it becomes important to remember [...]

On Monday November 9th at 12pm ET, there will be a chat hosted by BeyeConnect regarding the real cost of free BI. I will be conducting a brief presentation based on the fact that:

Many BI vendors offer free trials of their software and some even offer free versions of their offerings.  Open source provides one [...]

The topic of TCO is always one that generates a lot of discussion within companies.  When dealing with mid-market companies specifically, it can be even harder to evaluate overall TCO for BI.  Aside from fixed expenses such as software costs, maintenance, support, licensing, and potential hardware requirements, organizations also face a lot of unknowns. What [...]