Platform is in the Eye of the Beholder
My friend and colleague Phil Simon recently published a new book called The Age of the Platform. I know from…
How BI and Data Analytics Pros Used Twitter in December
It’s time for our last blast Twitter recap for BI and data analytics pros for 2011.
Study Illuminates 2012 Plans for BI and Tablets
In December, 2011 InformationWeek published a report called “Outlook 2012” (free to registered users). The report is based on an…
What Enterprises Can Learn from Major Events and Surprises in 2011
Rather than make predictions for 2012, which are everywhere right now, I want to look back at some of the…
Are Your Systems Just Interfaces to a Data Structure?
Tac Anderson just wrote a great review of Decision Management Systems, my new book, over on his blog on the…
Understanding, Improving & Controlling the Data Landscape — Part 1
I have been involved in a number of different data related projects where the business problem can be summarised in…
Department of Defense’s Cloud Computing Strategy: Saving Money & Increasing Security
The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) recently passed by Congress includes a section on data centers and servers, concerning…
MDM Goes Beyond the Data Warehouse
Enterprises are awash with data from customers, suppliers, employees and their operational systems. Most enterprises have data warehousing (DW) or…
2012 Health IT Spending & Trends
The healthcare IT market is rapidly growing and expected to continue through 2016. Here’s a look at 2012 health IT…
E-commerce Doesn’t Stop for Christmas
Christmas Day had its diversions: For some, there was basketball, while for a growing number of others there was online…