Beware of Big Data Technology Zealotry
Undoubtedly you’ve heard it all before: “Hadoop is the next big thing, why waste your time with a relational database?”…
SAP Sets Course for Simple ERP
The keynote theme at this year’s Sapphire conference in Orlando was Simple. Top executives from SAP, a software company associated…
Collaboration Is Vital to Success [VIDEO]
The BIg Idea Video SeriesCollaboration is VITAL to Success The value derived from “Business Intelligence” comes not from the data…
Stop Guessing! Here’s How to Use Data to Power Your Content Marketing Strategy
Let’s face it, the content marketers on your team are creative types. They tend to be more focused on building…
Following the Data
In this post I want to explore a method for helping us to better understand big data and what it…
How Data and Analytics Have Changed the Beautiful Game
Data is a rising star in professional soccer and it could soon become some teams' most valuable player. Data is…
How Technology Changed Customer Relation Management Systems
Customer Relationship Management, commonly referred to as CRM, is the business practice of fostering and maintaining relationships with customers through…
10 Reasons People Cringe at Big Data, But Shouldn’t
We'll let you on a little secret: even we know that big data can be a pretty intangible concept. Terms…
Why This Cloud ERP Provider Is Getting Interested in eCommerce
If you have been following the ERP space closely, it is tough to miss out on the increasing level of…
Combining Text Analytics with Voice-to-Text
In 2001, the band Cake released a song entitled "Short Skirt, Long Jacket". It's one of my favorite songs of…

