Why Returning $1 Trillion to Shareholders is a Bad Idea
According to the Financial Times, companies are on record pace to return…
Problems with the Language of Probability
The language of probability to statisticians and most scientists is clear—they understand…
Hygienic Hadoop Data Lakes Not Just Happenstance
It is often thought that Apache® Hadoop based data lakes are a…
Is Your IT Architecture Ready for Big Data?
Built in the 1950s, California’s aqueduct is an engineering marvel that transports…
Changing Your Mind About Big Data Isn’t Dumb
After all the hype about big data and its mental cousin Hadoop,…
Storytelling with the Sounds of Big Data
Trying to internally “sell” the merits of a big data program to…
3 Tips to Make You a Genius Forecaster
Both Ben Bernanke and Edward John Smith got it wrong. They made…
CAPEX Deferred Eventually Makes the Company Sick
Wall Street analysts keep waiting for companies to spend money upgrading their…
Building Information Technology Liquidity
Turbulent markets offer companies both challenges and opportunities. But with rigid and…
Adapting to Winds of Change
Look around at global economic conditions. More than skirmishes—near flat out war—in…