Big Data Blasphemy: Why Sample?
Since data mining began to take hold in the late nineties, “sampling” has become a dirty word in some circles.…
The Data Analytics of Super Tuesday
As the Republican primaries barrel ahead towards Super Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidates will be slugging it out as more…
Best Thinkers Webinar Series: Liberating Big Data
Join Maggie Fox tomorrow Tuesday March 6th at 12 pm EST / 9am PST for an exclusive live webinar from…
Analytics-based Presidential Campaigns
Let me manage your expectations. This brief blog will not take a political position for any candidate or political party.
We’re Only Saying ‘Au Revoir’ to a Great Sponsor
This is just a short but very loud “thank you” to Teradata for sponsoring SmartDataCollective for three-and-a-half wonderful, fruitful, conversation…
Proctor & Gamble – A Case Study in Business Analytics
Best-in-Class Analytics Innovation Case Study…Interesting article about P&G and Business Analytics from InformationWeek, Feb 6, 2012. Illustrates the way Business…
10 Social Media Influencer Secrets and Strategies
Social Media Sites and Secrets - Top 10 Influencers reveal cool sites, secrets and evolving strategies… (10 Top Social Media…
Storytelling with Data to Rally Support for Your Position
The very concept of what a book is has changed. (The same is true with music videos — check out…
Selling BI… Are we doing it wrong?
Ideas Worth Spreading I had an epiphany of sorts lately after viewing the following video from TED. Simon Sinek gave…
New Big Data Applications
Wikibon’s Jeff Kelly bravely put a stake in the ground recently, first among IT market observers, by