Month: March 2009

You’re So Vain, You Probably Think Data Quality Is About You

Don't you? "Data Quality is an IT issue because information is stored…

JimHarris JimHarris 5 Min Read

Supreme Court Turns Down Case Examining State Email Laws

As reported by CNN.com, in the final chapter of a lengthy battle…

CariBirkner CariBirkner 4 Min Read

Twitter gains salesforce.com support, anticipating the next great thing?

Welcome Mary Wardley with this guest post. Mary is IDC's vice president of…

mfauscette mfauscette 7 Min Read

A review of “The History of Business Intelligence” by Nic Smith

IntroductionI had been aware of a short film about the history of…

Peter James Thomas Peter James Thomas 7 Min Read

Social Networking Analytics

SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center has just unveiled a great new prototype called…

Timo Elliott Timo Elliott 6 Min Read

Early Indications March 2009: A Disruption Scorecard

With the newspaper business in apparent freefall, it's perhaps useful to tally…

JohnJordan1 JohnJordan1 17 Min Read

A Blooper from “The World’s Best Retailer”

The website for the Girls Scouts of the USA clearly states: Q:…

Daniel Tunkelang Daniel Tunkelang 2 Min Read

Start cooking: can you explain SOA or mashups in two minutes?

We allude now and then in this blog to “elevator speeches” about…

JoeMcKendrick JoeMcKendrick 1 Min Read

Video: Facebook, Google and Predictive Analytics with R

Ron Fredericks has done a great job editing and making available the…

DavidMSmith DavidMSmith 1 Min Read

Data Quality: A Cause and Effect Story

While reading a classic story to my kids, "Because a bug went…

DataQualityEdge DataQualityEdge 4 Min Read