More than just “The Usual Suspects” – Doing Due Diligence for DW and BI Tools
The publishing of Gartner’s Magic Quadrants or Forrester’s Waves is eagerly awaited by vendors in many IT categories, particularly those…
Would Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear for Performance Management?
This week I presented seminars in Amsterdam and took some time to visit the Van Gogh Museum. It is a…
Why normalization matters with K-Means
A question about K-means clustering in Clementine was posted here. I thought I knew the answer, but took the opportunity…
Think before you fire: The cost of replacing IT talent
There’s currently a certain sense of déjà-vu within the IT community, as companies look at shaving even more cost out…
Next Week’s Can’t-Miss Webinars
Presenters can either make or break a webinar. Simply put, good webinars are given by people who are passionate and…
The Great Recession: Four Vendor Responses for Partners
Welcome Darren Bibby with this guest post. Darren is IDC'sProgram Director for Software Partner, Channels and Alliancesin my Software Business Solutions…
Why Data Sampling Leads to Bad Decisions
New technologies enabling terabyte-scale data analysis are causing a shift in the market away from sampling techniques. This is good…
History of BI Month
Here is a good video tutorial from a cool guy working for Microsoft. If you have 10 minutes 36 seconds…
Anderson Analytics Honored at Advertising Research Foundation
Anderson Analytics ARF AwardYesterday at the ARF Anderson Analytics was honored at the luncheon during the ARF Great Minds Awards…
Amazon Elastic MapReduce, and other stuff I don’t have time to grok yet
Lots of good stuff have been coming to my attention lately.Amazon just announced their Amazon Elastic MapReduce program. Sounds like…