Article archive
2009-11-15 09:00
On November 15, 2009 Jos van Dongen will be your host during a full-day Open Source BI seminar for Array in Nieuwegein (Netherlands). The seminar gives you a thorough overview of existing and emerging technologies and vendors. It will explain how to incorporate Open Source software into your...
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2009-10-05 12:54
The acquisition
Today Pentaho announced the acquisition of parts of the LucidEra BI solution (formerly called 'ClearView') to replace the current OLAP client JPivot. For the past couple of years JPivot has been the ugly duck in the Pentaho BI solution but although there are better/prettier open...
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2009-09-14 12:31
Reactions to the new Pentaho book I wrote together with Roland Bouman are all very positive. I especially like the extended reviews on Amazon, but the following Tweet by Mark Dathorne really blew me away:
Reading "Creating Pentaho Solutions" ... my last life changing book was "Spring in Action" ......
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2009-08-22 08:16
I haven't got my copy yet, but those in the US who pre-ordered 'Pentaho Solutions' got it yesterday. Here's the Pentaho team showing the fruits of our labor:
Also see Gretchen Moran's first impressions on her blog.
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2009-08-02 11:03
I've been assembling computers for over 10 years now, and even built PC based rack mounted servers for a company I was involved in. The advantages of building your own machines are of course the lower costs and the freedom to select and mix the best/cheapest/fastest components available (these...
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2009-07-26 12:52
No, this isn't about the Dutch government and their efforts to promote Open Source & Open Standards, but during the trip back home from our holiday destination the following analogy occurred to me. In the Netherlands, we have a very fragmented multi-party political system. This means...
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2009-06-24 18:09
The Pentaho Solutions book Roland and I have been working on since last year is near publication. Great cover, isn't it?
ps. here's a sneak preview of the reporting chapter
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2009-06-23 09:40
Lucidera, a BI SaaS vendor that heavily relied on open source technology, announced that they will end business by the end of the month. Read the full story here.
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2009-06-15 09:00
On June 15-17 the annual European TDWI event will take place in Munich. I'll be presenting a data mining course together with Mark Madsen.
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2009-06-04 14:00
On June 4, 2009 Jos van Dongen will be your host during a full-day Open Source BI seminar for IT Works in Brussels (Belgium). The seminar gives you a thorough overview of existing and emerging technologies and vendors. It will explain how to incorporate Open Source software into your existing BI...
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