Connecting the BI Dots: An Introduction
When I teach my master’s degree classes I use slides to present the theoretical, and then use workshops to illustrate…
A Cautious Look at Big Data
Big data can provide companies with powerful insights about everything from customer behaviors and preferences to new product opportunities.
Security in the Cloud: How Are You Protecting Your Enterprise Data?
Author: Brenda Somich @brendasomich
If You Could Pick One Thing For Congress To Do Regarding CyberSecurity, What Would It Be?
A friend who is a former Representative and a respected advisor of many senior politicians recently asked me for some…
RulesFest 2011 – Kenny Shi: Scalability in a Real-Time Decision Platform
My friend Kenny has decided to also talk about performance. Given the magnitude of the traffic on eBay and the…
Crossing the Language Chasm: Extracting Information from Foreign-Language Text
Just a few years ago, text analytics was unknown to most business people, even most data analysts. Today, more and…
Service-Oriented Architecture’s Role in the Emerging Hadoop World
To address Big Data challenges in a cost-effective way, many organizations are turning to Hadoop, an open-source framework. Hadoop enables…
NYT on Big Data and R
In the New York Times' "Bits" blog today, Quentin Hardy offers recollections on Big Data talks at the recent Web…
Business Analytics Optimization Keynote #iod11
Fred Balboni gave the Business Analytics and Optimization keynote. You can get a “faster planet” without analytics, just by automating…
Big Data and the Call for Evidence-based Management
Many discussions around big data are often centered on the sheer volume of the information involved, including the massive quantities…