The issues are complex and ever changing surrounding Business Intelligence (BI) broadly defined, such as Data Warehousing, Business Analytics, Enterprise Portals, and Enterprise Business Integration. Over the past thirty years, I have experienced the amazing evolution from fairly crude technology (e.g., time-sharing over 1200-baud modems) to fairly sophistication applications (e.g., neural network models driving real-time website interactions). However, I am also amazed that many basic issues remain the same (leveraging a return-on-investment and enhancing productivity). An open mind and a healthy curiosity is a definite requirement for sustaining excellence in the BI/DW area.