Flash of the obvious: you are responsible for protecting your data
I really feel sorry for the modern consumer. None of us, even those of us with computer science degrees, can…
Blog-Bout: “Risk” versus “Monopoly”
A “blog-bout” is a good-natured debate between two bloggers. This blog-bout is between Jim Harris and Phil Simon, where they…
C-Suite Tweets
Will executive teams inevitably be texting and tweeting each other with Twitter? If so, here might be a team’s exchange…
See you at PAW (Predictive Analytics World) and Teradata Partners
Next week I'll be in Washington DC for Teradata Partners and also Predictive Analytics World. I'm presenting how leveraging the…
Data May Require Unique Data Quality Processes
A few things in life have the same appearance, but the details can vary widely. For example, planets and stars…
Five Parallels Between Golf and IT Projects
On my recent trip to Las Vegas, I was able to play a few amazing courses, including the TPC at…
Mining the Tweets
I received through my Google Alerts a very interesting article: Twitter is in talks with Microsoft and Google regarding the…
Defining Cloud Computing for Business Users
Like any new IT trend, Cloud Computing gets its fair share of hype, and with it comes a multitude of…
Seven Reasons Your Website Analysis Belongs in a Data Warehouse
The state-of-the-art in web analytics has changed, and today’s current generation of SaaS web analytics tools may never catch up. …
I think there is a world market for maybe five clouds
In 1943, Thomas J. Watson, then President of International Business Machines (IBM), allegedly said “I think there is a world…