From: "Ade Atobatele" Subject: Re: Data Warehousing Tools - To Bundle Or Not to Bundle? Date: 1998/04/14 Message-ID: <6h0e5d$a3h$1@zebedee.pavilion.net>#1/1 References: <6gl8om$f1u$1@zebedee.pavilion.net> <35305539.969FBF1C@ix.netcom.com> <3530adc1.477341@news.erols.com> <35320238.4429214@news.fyi.net> <35320983.599913910@news.erols.com> <353398c6.702124451@news.erols.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Organization: Nigeria.Com Newsgroups: comp.data.administration,comp.databases,comp.databases.ibm-db2,comp.databases.informix,comp.databases.ms-sqlserver,comp.databases.olap,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.tools,comp.databases.sybase Anybody going to answer questions 1 - 4 1. Are "Back Office" type data warehousing bundles the way to go? 2. If they are what category of tools should make up a bundle? What, if anything, should not be in a bundle? 3. If money was not an issue and you were able to put together a cross-vendor bundle, what currently shipping products would you put in it? 4. Since money actually is an issue in the real world, what would be the optimum price that a customer should pay for a bundle? This figure has nothing to do with consultancy or hardware. 5. What effect will the pending Microsoft BackOffice that includes NT5.0/SQL Server 7.0 do to the efforts of the vendors currently offering similar one stop data warehousing bundles. -- webmaster@nigeria.net Nigeria.Com is Nigeria on the 'Net. A community site catering to the needs of Nigerians and friends of Nigeria from a Nigerian perspective. Join us at http://www.nigeria.com -------Message Signature Ends-------