The small impact of business rules on the big players
Jim Sinur brought up an interesting point today when he blogged IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP have bought Business Rule…
#1 Barrier to BI Success
In case you missed it, Information Week recently released a report that listed, among other things, the "top 10 roadblocks…
Why Analytical Applications Fail
Many analytical applications fail for a simple reason: they assume users know precisely what they need before they’ve begun the…
Machine Perception and Learning of Complex Social…
Machine Perception and Learning of Complex Social Systems Reality Mining defines the collection of machine-sensed environmental data pertaining to human…
Mr. Perfect
We meet a lot of interesting people through the regional Panel of Peers workshops we host; one workshop provided us…
Reality Mining vs Life Analytics
We will be taking a short break from making predictions for the financial markets because i just came across a…
Data warehouse architecture that’s too narrowly focused
In my DM Review columns, “The Accidental Architecture” and “Recovering from the Accidental Architecture,” I discussed whether people understood the…
Why BI Doesn’t Work
Doug Henschen, the editor in chief at IntelligentEnterprise.com, recently posted the results of a BI survey asking 385 technology professionals…
Using Email Intelligence to Increase ROI in an Tough Economy
As we enter the fourth quarter, the busiest online shopping season begins and the economy waffles with uncertainty, email marketers…
People I’m Thankful For: Jill Dyche
A lot of you may know the (true) story that when I bought the URL www.DataGovernance.com, a Google search only had…