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…
How BI and Data Analytics Gurus Used Twitter in February
The Predictive Analytics World Conference in San Francisco is in full force and it’s time for a Twitter wrap up…
March 2012 Early Indications I: Financial oddities of tech companies
Three data points start this exploration:1) According to Thomson Reuters, Apple is moving the entire S&P 500: "the fourth-quarter earnings…
What’s the Difference? – A Social Media Monitoring Strategy that Analyzes Intentions Instead of Mentions
At CI we talk a lot about analyzing consumer intentions, extracting consumer expressions of preference with regards to products, viewing…
3 Ways ‘Big Data Analytics’ Will Change Enterprise Performance Management
Success of companies – big or small – will increasingly depend on their ability to capture, analyze and gain insights…
Overlapping Decision Management Technologies Product Categories
We have released the first version of our Decision Management Systems Platform Technology report. One of the challenges is that…