OpenSolaris for the Small Office / Home Office
My primary computer for my small business/home office is now running OpenSolaris.I made the switch for several reasons. One is…
10 Characteristics of a Social Enteprise
We're on the leading edge of a major business transformation and the social web is at the heart of that…
Graphing real-time foreclosure data: Data Mashups in R
The latest in the O'Reilly "Short Cuts" series, and the first devoted to R, is Data Mashups in R. Written…
How Habitat UK *should* have used Twitter
Following the great post from Gloria Tiphereth I wanted to take the opportunity to show an example of how Habitat…
Claiborne Community
In yesterday’s post we talked about the way Social Media can play an important role in customer service – Comcast…
Examining PMML 4.0 – Part I: Pre-Processing
You may be wondering what is all the fuss around PMML and its latest 4.0 version. So, we decided to…
End of a LucidEra?
According to the company web site, on-demand BI vendor LucidEra was formed: “to shake up the stagnant business intelligence industry…
BI & On-Demand Indexes: Weekly Update
The Business Intelligence (BI) and On-Demand Software indexes continue to outpace the broader market indexes with YTD returns of 27.8%…
BI in Health Care—and Everywhere Else
In which Jill observes that the maxim, “Physician, heal thyself” can have several meanings. Several years ago, Baseline Consulting received…
Entry Point: Architecture or Crumbling Foundation
Let us talk for a moment about architecture.Good architecture is built to last, to withstand the elements and the test…