The ABCs of Agile BI
Author: Linda RosencranceSpotfire Blogging TeamA. What is it? Agile BI increases a company’s flexibility by delivering value to BI projects…
ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System
The ShotSpotter Gunshot Location System is a revolutionary system of acoustic sensors in use by a number of police departments nationwide designed to detect…
In Search of Actionable Insights from Social Media Data
Most people recognize the incredible potential of the internet and social media data to collect and elicit opinions about millions…
Cloud ERP – Today’s Business with Technology of Tomorrow
ERP Issues ERP Issues The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system had a bad start in the 1990s but it may…
Dell Offers VoC Advice to Other Companies
Define and sell a compelling vision, but be ready to back it up with a solid business case. Everything can…
Dispelling the Myths and Bringing BI to the Enterprise
There are many challenges to starting and maintaining a successful Business Intelligence program, starting with finding a strong, engaged business…
Interviewing Software Engineers: Retiring a Great Interview Problem
Interviewing software engineers is hard. Jeff Atwood bemoans how difficult it is to find candidates who can write code. The…
Data Analyst for a Construction Company: Where to Look?
The general manager of a local builder wanted my advice the other morning — how to find a data analyst.…
Quickly Deploy a Well-Engineered Apache Hadoop Solution to a Production Environment
As a former enterprise CTO and current technology watcher, I was struck at the incredible brilliance of yesterday’s announcement by Dell and…
How to Cheat with Data Mining
Usually data miners don’t cheat. The reason is simple: you cannot cheat with the future. In reality, it’s a bit…