Revenge of the Nerds
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal, “Revenge of the Nerds, the Sequel: Silicon Vall A recent article in…
Could You Be POTUS?
Business forecasting is a dismal field of endeavor, fit for dismal people like myself. In an attempt to make this field…
When Performance Metrics Attack: Complete, Agile BI Requires Going Beyond Just the Numbers
I'm currently reading Howard Schultz's Onward: How Starbucks Fought for its Life Without Losing its Soul (2010). Schultz compellingly conveys…
Why OLAP?
Why OLAP?For the first 3 quarters of my career I didn’t pay attention to Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) technology, everything…
3-D Animation of the Changing Antarctic Ice Sheet
Last month we shared an visualization showing the changing extent of Arctic sea-ice. This visualization by the multinational Commission for the…
Announcing the CTOvision Weekly Analytical Report
With this post CTOvision is announcing the new CTOvision Weekly Analytical Report. This report provides insights and information on emerging…
SAS Portal and BI Dashboard: Customizing the Tabs
You can customize the SAS Portal and SAS BI Dashboard Web Browser titles in just a few moments. Here’s another…
Using R in Production: Industry Experts Share Their Experiences
I had a great time yesterday moderating the "R in Action" panel discussion at the DataWeek conference in San Francisco.…
So What Is Prescriptive Analytics?
Today every business is surfing in the ever expanding sea of data & using analytics for getting the edge over…
McLaren Shows The Way — Telemetry For Your Business?
The McLaren Group, known for its Grand Prix racing team and iconic Formula 1 cars, announced earlier this year that it…
