Man vs. Machine Contests: Forget “Level” Playing Fields
Just got back from Seattle on a red-eye, and I take off for Paris on another red-eye Sunday night. I'm…
Governance of the People? Of the Data? For the …
Just read Julie Hunt’s blog on the connections between business process and data governance. Interesting. http://preview.tinyurl.com/proc1hunt. In it, she quotes Rob…
What Do You Mean by BI?
For some reason the topic of “best practice BI” has been popping up very frequently of late. In the past…
Empowerment for All to See
The third CTO Road Show is starting start next week in the Swiss cities of Bern and Zurich, followed by…
Data Mining Book Review: Data Mining with R
Luis Torgo, interviewed on Data Mining Research, has recently published a book on data mining entitled “Data Mining with R,…
Experts, Fortune-tellers and Bookmakers: Zero Points!
If you ever doubted the quality of “expert opinions” and the predictive value of the odds of bookmakers, this year’s…
Measuring the Strong Signal of the Customer’s Voice
SDC interviewed Claude Guay - CEO of iPerceptions - and Duff Anderson, iPerceptions’ VP of research - about their approach…
Reference/Master Data Management Opportunity for All of Us
Raise your hand if your programs have ever struggled with the ”official names” of organizations. Wow! Did you hear that WHOOSH around the…
Is Consulting Worth the Money?
For data warehouse implementations, many IT buyers offer their vendor a baseline budget and ask for the most hardware and…