Technology in the Classroom: Extend Learning After the School Day
An annual study conducted by the research arm of Educause (ECAR – Educause Center for Applied Rese An annual study…
Ramifications of IT Infrastructure Everywhere
Most people don’t notice that information technology pervades our daily lives. Granted, some IT infrastructure is in the open and…
Does Data Mining Require a PhD? Probably Not, But The New York Times Hired One
Data intelligence is the future of journalism — even a 162-year-old publication knows that — which is why when the…
Clarabridge Gets Engaged: A Report from the Customer Connections Conference
The Clarabridge Customer Connections (C3) conference has gotten to be a thing for me. There can't be more than a…
Agile Data Warehousing
I gave a talk on Agile Data Warehousing and met a bunch of great data folks at the recent DAMA Philadelphia…
Why Telcos Can No Longer Rely on Traditional Machine Data Analytics to Deliver High Quality Service
If you’re a telecom company, when a customer loses a call or can’t make one at all, the ramifications can be…
Inventory Analysis: Affordable, Available, Actionable
For any manufacturer or distributor, the problem with inventory management is easily stated. Simply put, there’s often too much of…
To SQL or to NoSQL?
Recently there was a great post at Dzone recounting how one "tech savvy startup" moved away from its NoSQL database…
A Look at the White House’s Big Data Report
Last week, the Obama Administration released a 90-day study commissioned by the President on big data and privacy. This study…
Wearable Tech in the Current Healthcare System
There is no doubt that health care as we know it is undergoing a dramatic shift. As the tech industry…
