Business Intelligence and the Cloud: Strategic Implementation Guide

Acknowledgments

I want to acknowledge those who helped me create this book. First, I want to thank those who have written about the topics covered in this book before I did; there are too many to list here, but they created the intellectual capital that formed the foundation for this work. I also want to thank my family for its support and understanding while I created this work. Last, I want to thank the reviewers who spent countless hours reading everything written in these pages. The reviewers and their comments about this work are as follows:

Providing innovative services to customers in an era when technology is being redefined with a new paradigm of IT economics is a game changer for every business. Reviewing this book helped clarify the message on the emerging trends of analytics and driving maximum business value.

—Larry Carvalho, Principal Consultant, Robust Cloud

Reviewing this book was not a chore; it was a fun learning experience. The book is a significant addition to our understanding of the present and future impact of cloud computing.

—William Holstein, Professor of Strategy and Information Technology, Lorange Institute of Business, Zurich; D. Hollins Ryan Professor, Retired, College of William and Mary; Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, SUNY Albany

In providing IT advisory services to our clients we are often required to go deep into specific areas of technology in seeking solutions to business problems. This book was a good reminder that we must not lose ...