Workforce Analytics: Where To Begin – The Key Three
The obvious questions are, “What metrics should I be tracking?” and “Which KPI’s will provide me and my organization with…
From Transaction to Customer Engagement with Business Analytics
Much of the promise of big data lies not in the ever-increasing volume of information available to organizations, but in…
Integrating Big Data and More with Your Data Warehouse
In 1988 I published the first data warehouse architecture. Its aim was to provide consistent, integrated data to business users in…
5 Hidden Skills for Big Data Scientists
Here are five hidden skills for big data scientists: 1. Be Clear: Is Your Problem Really A Big Data Problem? There…
The Experience Economy
Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the post-war boom, standards…
What Goes On at the Weasku Inn…
If you’re out for networking in the BI industry and keeping score, you still attend TDWI or Strata. But for…
The Data Analytics of Gas vs. Charcoal Grills Revisited
Last year, Mark Lorion (@mark_lorion), our vice president of marketing, took a quick break from the exciting world of data analytics…
Facebook’s IPO and the Laws of Big Data
Without using any predictive analytics tools, I confidently predict that Facebook’s IPO will give rise to more vocal demands for…
Analyst: “Every cloud needs SOA behind it:”
In a new research note, Ovum’s Saurabh Sharma makes the case for making sure there is service orientation behind the…
Data Science shows maturity at 2012 Summit.
As a discipline, Data Science is growing up fast. That's my key takeaway from the 2012 Data Science Summit.At the…