In April, Asia officially ran out of Internet Protocol (IP) version 4 addresses--the computer equivalent of running out of telephone numbers. Over the next couple of years, the rest of the world will also run dry. Yet, unlike the Y2K bug that had some people convinced the sky would fall, this particular problem is generating little more than tired…

Having an abundance of data residing in individual silos across campus, but little decision-ready information, is a typical scenario at many institutions. One problem is that the terms "data warehousing" and "business intelligence" refer to very different things, although the two often go hand-in-hand. "Data…