Don't blame the BI tools

I've heard some BI leaders this week complain of stalled innovation by the vendors. But Sid Adelman says, "I think the tools are fine... We've handed a Stradivarius to a kid after a couple of lessons and we wonder why the violin doesn't sound so good."

We've done a "shitty job" of the basics, he says. Too much metadata lacks adequate definitions and gene…