Promises, promises! Text analytics literature is full of them. Gain valuable insights! Know your customer! Harness the power of Big Data! And so on, and so on.…
Why is big data valuable? Because it’s big? Not really. In fact, very large datasets always come with a very large set of headaches. Storage, maintenance and…
Public data, the data that government makes available to the public, is at risk. Wait a minute, what about all those great Open Data initiatives you’ve heard…
How do we as a nation know who we are, what areas are prospering, who is in trouble, where we need new schools, roads and shopping opportunities?…
With over 30 years in retail site location strategy, I used Census data every day to analyze business critical issues. Where do our customers live? How has…
Let’s get this straight – I’m all for open data. Yet the fanfare about open data is taking up so much of our attention in the analytics…
You think math is hard? Hah. At least in math, there is a clearly defined right answer, unless you’re talking statistics, and even there we have well-defined…
When you were a child, and the grownups asked what you wanted to do when you grew up, you said, “I want to do text analytics on…
Do you know which major STEM field boasts as many women in the profession as men? Where almost half the college degrees – even at the PhD…
Want good ROI from text analytics? You’ve got to plan for it! In any field, there are always two major ways to get returns on investment –…
