Can Salesforce.com Make Chatter Epicenter of Enterprise Collaboration?
Earlier this week, my IT Business Edge colleague Loraine Lawson wrote a post about some of the news from Salesforce.com's…
Deloitte Analytics: A Social Media Website for BI Insiders
Consulting, auditing, and analytics giant Deloitte has combined two very contemporary technologies – business analytics and social media – in…
Three Golden Rules for Digital Messaging
Too often we get caught up in the cycle of messaging only to realize that we are slowly alienating some…
SQL Server to Discontinue Support for OLE-DB
ODBC was first created in 1992 as a generic set of standards for providing access to a wide range of…
NSA, Accumulo & Hadoop
Reading yesterday that the NSA has submitted a proposal to Apache to incubate their Accumulo platform. This, according to the…
Text Analytics News Interviews
Twelve Social Media Tips for Analytics Professionals Text Analytics News just published an interview with myself and three analytics professionals…
“Average” Statistics that Bruise Our Ears
The term “on average” denotes the usual amount of something. However, using “average” in presentations, media and more can be…
Influencing Shoppers Beyond the Store
If consumer goods companies invest in shopper marketing based on the belief that 70 percent of the buying decision happens…