Seven Misconceptions about Data Quality
The narrow definition of data quality is that it's about bad data - data that is missing or incorrect. A…
Big Data: It’s About the Data, Not About the Big
Today in my local paper there was an article on the 17th annual Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining conference. The…
Squealer Pig’s Persuasive (Mis)Use of Statistics
Animal Farm’s Squealer Pig was always proficient at rattling off compelling statistics on productivity, output and more. And from the…
Unifying Your Business Analytics: Social Media & Private Text
The rate of social media usage and adoption continues to expand but it still may only represent a small percentage…
Want to Get Certified in Data Mining?
Options for formal Data Mining training in university settings are exploding. Just during the week that I have been collecting…
A Small Idea with Big Implications
In the 1990s Philippe Kahn, a founder of Borland (a big name in programming languages), left and began a new…
The Roots of the Word ‘Numerati’
It was long my goal to make "numerati" a common word. Most of us don't get too many chances in…
Business Discovery Frees IT to Focus on Its Core Competencies
I recently blogged about a presentation Donald Farmer (QlikView product advocate) did at one of the stops on the Business…