Hadoop + Ubuntu: The Big Fat Wedding
Now, here is a treat for all you Hadoop and Ubuntu lovers. Last month, Canonical, the organization behind the Ubuntu operating…
What the Launch of Social.com Shows Us
Yesterday Salesforce announced the launch of Social.com – a social advertising solution that brings the power of Radian6 (R6) and…
Valuable Big Data Insights via Nike+ Gamification Platform
Nike turned the most uncomplicated sport in the world, running, into a data-driven social sport that gives users access to…
How Apple’s iWatch Will Push Big Data Analytics
Is the next big innovation from Apple - a watch - going to change the world of big data as…
Don’t Gloat Over Excel Model Failures
Two noted economists, Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhardt, recently had their findings on country debt to GDP ratios questioned, as…
Metric-Driven Agile for Big Data
Working in Bing Local Search brings together a number of interesting challenges. Working in Bing Local Search brings together a…
The Secret BI / Big Data Playbook
Emerging Technologies: Cloud, Mobile, Business Intelligence (BI) and Big Data are changing the way we do business for the better.…
Why You Need an In-Memory Action Plan
This is a third post of a series based on a SAP-sponsored breakfast meeting organized in Sydney earlier this year…
Consumerization Revisited: Why Aesthetics Matter
I’ve been an advocate of the consumerization of BI for a number of years. Business Discovery platforms like QlikView that…
Social Data and Mobile Diminishing the Significance of the Resume
Although resumes still remain the gold standard of job hunting and applying to job postings, there is a shift happening.…