BI in the Cloud: Recap of Last Week’s Forrester Technology Trends Tweet Jam
This post was written by Amanda Brandon, Spotfire Blogging Team.Forrester Research is in the process of updating its annual report…
Should “Bob The Marketing Guy” Be Building Your Analytics?
There is a certain topic that comes up a lot. In fact, I responded to a LinkedIn discussion on the…
Statisticians at JSM Consider Themselves “Data Scientists”
At the JSM 2011 conference in Miami earlier this week, we conducted an informal poll of attendees on their attitudes…
First Look – Oracle Data Mining Update
I got an update from Oracle on Oracle Data Mining (ODM) recently. ODM is an in-database data mining and predictive…
A Must to Avoid: Worst Practices in Enterprise Data Governance
More and more companies are recognizing that they’re accumulating ever-increasing amounts of data but not necessarily gaining business insights from…
How to Win the Lottery with Data Analytics
It’s becoming increasingly clear that data analytics can help your company add value, remain competitive and identify new business opportunities. However,…
Disaster Recovery in Cloud Computing
There are a lot of benefits with cloud computing – cost-effective resource use, rapid provisioning, scalability and e
What to Do When You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know…
So once again there was a great coincidence from my travels. Three times in the past week I was told…
How Google Uses R to Make Online Advertising More Effective
At JSM 2011 today, three Google employees (amongst the more than 20 Google delegates there) gave a little insight into…
Navigating the Private Cloud
Mike Flaherty, Systems Engineer of Online Tech, discusses the different types of cloud hosting as well as advantages and disadvantages…

