Top Big Data Sectors and Their Unique Challenges
The Big Data industry was a $3.2 billion dollar industry in 2010,…
Spreadsheets: Still the King of Business Intelligence Tools
"BI is not an upgrade to the spreadsheet!" "Stop trying to use…
Data Visualizations: This Isn’t 1996
During the summer of 1996, I interned at a high-tech company near…
Predictive Analytics in the Marketplace: Insights from PAWCON
A couple of weeks ago I attended Predictive Analytics World (#PAWCON), a multi-city conference…
Analytics and Hedgehogs: Lessons from the Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays spend significantly less on payroll than some of…
Selecting Big Data Sources for Predictive Analytics
Why is big data valuable? Because it’s big? Not really. In fact,…
Willow Glass: Go Ahead, Fold Your Tablet in Half
Corning – the "glass company" that came up with the telescope mirror…
Stat Models, Astronomical Mysteries…and Business Data
If you look at the picture below (Pleiades constellation), you will see…
Zynga: A Big Data Company Masquerading as a Gaming Company
How much data does an online game developer like Zynga create and…
