How the Cloud is Changing the Data Center’s Bad Reputation for Energy Inefficiency

A few weeks ago, a New York Time’s article, the first in a series about cloud computing, The Cloud Factories:…

onlinetech
10 Min Read

Big Data Insights Through Predictive Analytics, Open Standards and Cloud Computing

Organizations increasingly recognize the value that predictive analytics and big data offer to their business. The complexity of development, integration,…

MichaelZeller
5 Min Read

Forecasting: Evaluation Criteria

To continue our series on forecasting, let’s discuss one of the varying factors: the evaluation criteria. In classification, the percentage…

SandroSaitta
2 Min Read

Sticking vs Backsliding – It Is So Sad

Have you ever been frustrated by witnessing a good decision be reversed and falling back to old ways of doing…

GaryCokins
6 Min Read

8 Reasons Why Embedded Business Intelligence Beats DIY

We all have THAT friend. You know the one. He never asks for help, refuses to concede when even his…

Yellowfin
13 Min Read

Big Data in Insurance – Is the Industry Ready to Take Advantage?

The need for information has created this disruptive nomenclature that has taken the world of data by storm.  This revolutionary…

SmartAnalytics
11 Min Read

Michigan Cyber Initiative Reports ‘People’ as Weakest Link in IT Security

Not sure where I was last year, but I somehow missed the entire Michigan Cyber Initiative launched by the State…

onlinetech
9 Min Read

You Don’t Have to ‘Go Big’ to Get Started With Big Data

I wrote a blog for Harvard Business Review recently titled I wrote a blog for Harvard Business Review recently titled…

BillFranks
6 Min Read

In HR Technology, Social and Mobile Are Hot and Becoming Business Necessity

This week I’m at the 2012 HR Technology Conference (Twitter: #HRTechConf) where the scene is more than cool – it is hip.…

Mark Smith
8 Min Read