Profile of Doug Henschen
Executive Editor, Enterprise Apps
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Doug Henschen is Executive Editor of InformationWeek, where he covers the intersection of enterprise applications with information management, business intelligence, big data and analytics. He previously served as editor in chief of Intelligent Enterprise, editor in chief of Transform Magazine, and Executive Editor at DM News. He has covered IT and data-driven marketing for more than 15 years.
Articles by Doug Henschen
posted in December 2006
12/29/2006
Practical advice once again trumps trend stories and news analysis in Intelligent Enterprise reader appeal. Check out some of our most insightful stories of 2006.
12/18/2006
Business intelligence is a great decision-support tool, so why not use it to pick the best wine for your holiday meal?
12/14/2006
You've heard about operational business intelligence. The idea is to liberate BI from the gurus in the ivory tower and share it with business users so everyone can make smart decisions. Well, you can't get more operational than core business processes, so there has been a lot of talk about the combination of BI and business process management (BPM).
Will these two systems become one, or are they merely complementary? I'd say the latter. Here are three ways BI and BPM will work together.
12/14/2006
A credit card giant demonstrates why BI, business process management and business rules are a powerful (some would say inevitable) combination.
12/13/2006
XBRL will liberate financial executives, analysts and investment professionals from number-crunching drudgery.
12/13/2006
Last month's acquisition of software-as-as-service (SaaS) provider Nsite gives Business Objects a leg up in on-demand delivery.
12/11/2006
Amtrak runs on legacy mainframes. To get up to date and serve multiple distribution channels without ripping and replacing, the railroad has embarked on integration and services-oriented architecture initiatives. Thomas Krotchko, director, Web architecture, explains why it's now easier to integrate, change apps and forge partnerships.
12/11/2006
Amtrak runs on legacy mainframes. To get up to date and serve multiple distribution channels without ripping and replacing, the railroad has embarked on integration and services-oriented architecture initiatives. Thomas Krotchko, director, Web architecture, explains why it's now easier to integrate, change apps and forge partnerships.
12/8/2006
If all companies published and analyzed financial reports in extensible business reporting language (XBRL), the emerging standard wouldn't offer the competitive advantage that it presents today. According to a report issued this week, early adopters who integrate XBRL data with performance management applications can expect to more easily:
• Leverage
12/8/2006
While XBRL has already been widely embraced by the SEC and most of its regulatory counterparts, XBRL will also liberate millions of financial executives, analysts and investment professionals from number-crunching drudgery.
12/1/2006
Yesterday's announcement by Business Objects that it has acquired software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Nsite was as remarkable for what it didn't say as what it did say. Yes, Nsite is a SaaS vendor, and that should sound good to Wall Street. And yes, Nsite provides "an on-demand applications platform" as described by the press release, but that's about as generic as saying "Nsite is an information technology company." Here's why the deal is important.
12/1/2006
Business rules, BPM and SOA are ushering in the white-collar equivalent of the Industrial Revolution, says Pierre Haren, CEO of rules engine vendor ILog. BPM is the assembly line that breaks processes down and rules are the robots that automate tasks. Haren explains the benefits of human-readable rules.
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