TDWI: Independence vs. Cash

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A long time ago I came to the conclusion that “independent industry analyst” was an oxymoron

By: Roman Stanek

Nov. 5, 2009 03:14 AM

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A long time ago I came to the conclusion that “independent industry analyst” was an oxymoron.

But the willingness to sell independence for cash reached a new low with TDWI’s New SaaS Business Intelligence Portal.

Please visit the link and see if there is any trace of independence left...

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About Roman Stanek
Roman Stanek is a technology visionary who has spent the past fifteen years building world-class technology companies. Currently Founder & CEO of Good Data, which provides collaborative analytics on demand, he previously co-founded first NetBeans, now a part of Sun Microsystems and one of the leading Java IDEs, and then and Systinet, now owned by Hewlett-Packard and the leading SOA Governance platform on the market.

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