Feature well: Business Intelligence brings big promises such as ‘one version of the truth’ as well as a tangled web of reports that business brass constantly want changed. Galen Gruman explains that the “vicious cycle has bedeviled many an organization hungry for meaningful data.” That makes it all the more critical for IT shops to master BI. For starters, he suggests fixing what you have before expanding. Ultimately, though, it’s all about Rethinking business intelligence. New to our site: What with the transformation to an online publication here, the oft-controversial, sometimes irreverent, but always fascinating Robert X. Cringely has been knighted a blogger. In Welcome to Cringeville he mistakenly takes a swipe at Microsoft, then suggests it’s merely the first on a list sure to be both long and distinguished. “I’ve finally convinced my editor to let loose the reins and give me my own blog here on Infoworld.com. The world may never be the same.” Here’s another example: Darth Vader, Meet Dr. Evil. Storage: Mario Apicella likens waiting in line at the super market to watching storage acquisitions — Cisco swallowing NeoPath, specifically. NeoPath, along with the acquisition of WebEx, “suggest an expansion of Cisco’s menu beyond the traditional data transport focus,” he writes in Should you trim your file servers? “I see a more elaborate dish in the making than just file virtualization.” M&A: It’s been a busy week thus far, consolidation-wise anyway. Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. scoops up First Data for $29 billion. Xerox, meanwhile, plunks down $1.5 billion for Global Imaging Systems. And applications vendor Infor nabs Workbrain and its human capital management software in a $227 million deal. Technology Industry