Workday Rising while Oracle Sleeps in the Clouds
As Workday held its annual Workday Rising conference this week, it’s a good time to note the accomplishments of the company and…
How Big Data Will Change the Travel Industry
Author: Linda RosencranceSpotfire Blogging TeamThe words “useless information” should strike fear in the hearts (actually the wallets) of every company…
A Call to Free Up Public Data
Author: Linda Rosencrance, Spotfire Blogging TeamAlthough summer has been over for quite some time, people from all over the world went…
Data Virtualization: 6 Best Practices to Help the Business ‘get it’
Something that doesn’t get talked about enough in the service orientation world is data virtualization. That is, it’s handy to…
Nielsen’s Social Media Report: A Snapshot Overview of the Social Media Landscape
Last month Nielsen (my employer) released a new State of the Media report focused on social media use in the…
The Data Frame
Author: Phil Simon @philsimon Author: Phil Simon @philsimonI was watching BloombergWest the other day when John Battelle appeared on my screen.…
Connecting Data Governance to Business Outcomes That Matter
Process-centric initiatives are often optimal approaches for the things that companies want to accomplish. Business processes make it possible to…
‘Google-like IT Automation For the Rest of Us:’ Puppet and Chef
Wired’s Cade Metz just published an interesting piece on the Puppet and Chef projects, open source-based online services for automating…
Survey Says: Security Risks Never Higher, or More Costly
In an interview at the HP Protect 2011 conference on Monday, September 12, 2011. Bob Gourley and Tom Reilly, Vice President and…
Updates on Dronegate
Since I wrote my fist post on the virus affecting the drone fleet at Creech Air Force base, information has…