Three Primary Analytics Lessons Learned from 9/11
Regarding the Al Qaeda terrorist attacks on 9/11, it’s distressing to learn there were plenty of chances to stop them. …
Browse the In-development R Sources at GitHub
As an open-source project, the R source code has always been available to download from the R-project website. You can…
How Apple’s Local and Mapping Investment Will Lead to Web Search
Most of the civilized world, by this time, has heard about Apple's fumble with their new mapping and local search…
CIA Releases Its Maps, DHS Secretary Doesn’t Use Email, and More
By AlexOleskerHere is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: By AlexOleskerHere is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:Homeland…
Decision Management Loops Back to Decision Support Systems
James explained the difference between Decision Managemen James explained the difference between Decision Management and Decision Support Systems in a…
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…