Experience vs. Data: Consuming Mark Zuckerberg as Data
One day last month, a dazzling sunny day in Paris, I faced a choice: Do I spend my last afternoon…
How BI and Data Analytics Professionals Used Twitter in May
In May, Twitter was afire with events, more buzz around mobile BI, Watson’s (the computer) progress in medical school and…
Martha Stewart and Data-Centricity
One of the LinkedIn Groups I participate in has spent the past two months discussing the following question: “Respect for data…
Voice of the (Vocal Few) Customer(s)
Working with some of our customers we (and they) see previously unimaginable results. I’m not only talking about hundreds of…
In Defense of Data Mining Ethics
Jim Stodgell has a though-provoking post at O'Reilly Radar today on the ethics of data mining and personalization. He frames…
Consolidation in the Social Software Market Continues: VMware Acquires SocialCast
I have to admit that Tuesday's announcement from VMware was a bit of a head scratcher for me, at least…
What Is Your Dashboard Telling You?
One of my favorite analogies is that pertaining to “dashboards”. For the past year or so, everyone has been asking…
Predictive Analytics Spotlight from IBM
Deepak Advani kicked off day 2. SPSS was acquired by IBM in 2009 and, like all acquisitions, has to report…
Information Availability: Exploiting the Full Value of Information to Drive Business
Year after year, analyst survey results show that CIOs view their top priority to be aligning with business strategy and…
Do Customers REALLY Want to Know What’s Inside the Black Box?
From politician salaries to calorie counts on restaurant items, “transparency” is a key buzzword in government and business circles. However,…