Barry Devlin

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Sex, Toys, and Big Data

In this last blog of 2013, I want to make some serious…

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SOA for Process and Data Integration

Traditionally, BI has been a process-free zone. Decision makers are such free…

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Information Does Not Equal Insight

It has long been assumed in the BI community that more information…

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Information: From Layers to Pillars

BI designers and vendors are very comfortable with layers of data. Data…

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Where Does Information Originate?

The sixth in a series of posts introducing the concepts and messages…

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Big Data Confusion Looms in the Second Half of 2013

I look up, and suddenly it's August.  I've been heads-down for the…

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