The Future of Data Science
The last couple of weeks were great for the future of data science. First Wikibon, and then IDC, promised a…
So, what is Digital Analytics then?
The WAA renamed itself to DAA (which was announced at eMetrics in San Francisco last Monday) to reflect the…
Is Your Dashboard Working?
It’s no wonder they call it a dashboard… Like your car, your business could scarcely move forward without it. A well designed…
Why Nobody Is Actually Analyzing Unstructured Data
Unstructured data has been a very popular topic lately since so many big data sources are unstructured. However, an important…
Letter to Operations: no more spreadsheets for Purchasing
Editor’s Note: This article addresses supply chain issues in the form of a memo written to the operations management department.…
Why Discovery Really Matters
I recently gave two presentations on trends in BI at IT conferences in Sweden and South Africa and one of…
Managing Decision Logic in Decision Management Technologies
As regular readers know, we have released the first version of our Decision Management Systems Platform Technology report. This report…
Defining “Data Scientist”, cont’d
Forbes continues the series exploring the definition of "data scientist" with an in-depth interview with bitly's Hilary Mason, who describes…
BI’s Dirty Secrets – The Unfortunate Domination of Manually-Coded Extracts
Manually-coded extracts are another dirty secret of the BI world. I’ve been seeing them for years, in both large and…
Publishing and Big Data
As the author of four books, I pay close attention to the publishing world, especially with respect to its use…