Month: June 2012

When “Little Data” Can Do the Trick

Sometimes it’s good to step out of one’s normal activities just to…

Erica Driver
5 Min Read

What’s the Definition of ‘Big Data’? Who Cares?

It has been entertaining to see how so many people are arguing…

BillFranks
6 Min Read

Birthday Probabilities: Heat Map vs. R

Last week, Joe Rickert used R and four years of US Census…

DavidMSmith
2 Min Read

Mok Oh: To Do Data Science, You Need a Team of Specialists

Currently the Chief Scientist at PayPal, Mok Oh came on board when…

gilpress
13 Min Read

Tips for Executives – How to Create a Culture of Evidence

We’re often asked how do we create a Culture of Evidence? Most…

Jason Goto
7 Min Read

ROI Still Elusive for Cloud Situations: Analyst

The concept of “return on investment” — at least in the way…

JoeMcKendrick
4 Min Read

Report Governance is Key to Consistent Business Information

Much has been written about managing an enterprise BI Program and implementing…

RickSherman
5 Min Read

The Joy of Stats: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

If you’ve ever wished that important results from smart analytics could come…

Teradata Aster Standardizes Access to Hadoop with SQL-H

Using Hadoop just got easier, thanks to Teradata’s introduction of SQL-H, a…

Mark Smith
4 Min Read