Archive for March 2006

Java Proxy for SQL Server Reporting Services

Mar 29th, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Business Intelligence, Java

Ilia Papas and I put this solution together about a year ago – actually, Ilia put it together based on my idea and prototype. Our article on Javaworld still generates some feedback and questions. I assume that there are people out there who would like to get their hands on a ready-to-use, configurable component [...]



Web 2.0 and the Future of Web Consultancies

Mar 22nd, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Content Management, Web

The characteristics of how people use the web are changing quicker and more profoundly than ever before. Some of the paradigms that we have grown so used to over the past 10 years all of a sudden don’t make sense anymore. This is the Web 2.0, it is great, I am all for it. As [...]



Mashups or The Power of Web 2.0

Mar 21st, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Web

Last week, I attended the Sys-Con “Real-World Ajax” Seminar in New York. I have not yet decided if the event deserves a blog entry – some of the 10 presentations where definitely interesting. But one thing that came up consistently was the term ‘mashup‘. A mashup is a web application that combines data or services [...]



Microsoft Office Scorecard Business Manager 2005

Mar 16th, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Business Intelligence, Information Technology

I recently evaluated the Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 (what a name for a product!). I was not so interested in the history of the product and the politics of Microsoft’s product strategy than in how the product could be used to create a corporate dashboard on Molecular’s intranet.



Open Source Business Intelligence

Mar 16th, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Business Intelligence, Open Source

I will be speaking about Open Source Business Intelligence at the First Annual Enterprise Open Source Conference in New York, NY, on June 5. I am in the middle of collecting material, contacting vendors and putting together a high-level agenda for the session. Check back frequently for updates and previews on this topic here.



Molecular Point of View: Essentials for Selecting the Right Content Management Solution

Mar 9th, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Content Management, Web

My Point of View paper was published on Molecular’s website today.
From the content:
It would be hard to imagine today’s Web without Content Management Systems (CMS). The volume of content on the Web is increasing at a record pace, yet businesses and consumers alike are expecting to find just the right information, in just the right [...]



Localization and taxonomies

Mar 6th, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Content Management, I18N and L10N, Web

When you need to localize and categorize



Real Estate Valuation

Mar 5th, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Personal Finance

Bubble or no bubble – for many, this is the dominating personal-finance question for many. I have been expecting the bubble to burst every year since 2000 when I purchased my second home, and I can barely express my amazement about how this market managed to put the inevitable off for so long. Finally, [...]



The state of health care …

Mar 3rd, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Politics

in this country is probably just one indicator of a much larger problem, namely that the cost of services is going up while the value is going down.



My new blog

Mar 3rd, 2006 | By Christian Donner | Category: Blogging

People start blogs for different reasons. In this case, it was because I am waiting for this article to get published that I submitted several weeks ago. The thought of being able to just put it up here is too tempting.