TDWI and its partners produce original research throughout the year on topics that span the spectrum of business intelligence, data warehousing, and business performance management.
The purpose of this report is to gain a better sense of the people who are building business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. This report provides an overview of compensation, roles, responsibilities, skills, experience, training, and job satisfaction of business intelligence and data warehousing professionals in the U.S. It also provides in-depth profiles of the 10 most common data warehousing roles. More…
TDWI’s Best Practices Reports are designed to educate technical and business professionals about new business intelligence technologies, concepts, or approaches that address a significant problem or issue. Research for the Best Practices Reports is conducted via interviews with industry experts and leading-edge user companies, and is supplemented by a survey of business intelligence professionals. More…
The annual TDWI BI Benchmark Report is designed to help companies compare their BI organization along best practice metrics and TDWI’s maturity model to others in the industry. TDWI initiated this report in 2005 in response to requests from our Membership. Research for BI Benchmark reports is done via survey of business intelligence professionals. To download TDWI BI Benchmark Reports, make sure you are logged in, then click here.
TDWI Checklist Reports provide an overview of success factors for a specific project in business intelligence, data warehousing, or a related data management discipline. Companies may use this overview to get organized before beginning a project or to identify goals and areas of improvement for current projects. To download TDWI Checklist Reports, click here.
TDWI's Monograph Series provides in-depth, vendor-neutral research into the significance of new and emerging technologies, addressing specific benefits, critical success factors, techniques, and challenges related to each topic. To download TDWI Monographs, click here.
TDWI's Technology Market Reports make it easy for Members to identify a shortlist of vendors and products to evaluate in depth before making purchasing decisions. These reports are an exclusive TDWI Member benefit. To download TDWI Technology Market Reports, make sure you are logged in, then click here.
TDWI Research provides research and advice for BI professionals worldwide. TDWI Research focuses exclusively on BI/DW issues and teams up with industry practitioners to deliver both broad and deep understanding of the business and technical issues surrounding the deployment of business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. TDWI Research offers reports, commentary, and inquiry services via a worldwide Membership program and provides custom research, benchmarking, and strategic planning services to user and vendor organizations.
Wayne W. Eckerson
is director of research and services for TDWI. He has 17 years of experience in the IT industry and has covered DW and BI issues since 1995. Eckerson is the author of many in-depth reports, a columnist for several business and technology magazines, and a noted speaker and consultant in the BI industry. His book, titled Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business, was published by John Wiley & Sons in October, 2005.
He can be reached at weckerson@tdwi.org.
Philip Russom
Philip Russom, senior manager of research and services at TDWI, is a well-known figure in business intelligence, having worked as an industry analyst covering BI and related issues for Forrester Research, Giga Information Group, Hurwitz Group, and his own private BI practice. He also focused on BI as a contributing editor at Intelligent Enterprise and DM Review magazines. Russom now works for The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), where he continues to research, teach, and write about BI issues.
He can be reached at prussom@tdwi.org.
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