Referrals vs Recommendations vs Reviews
I’m in the process of buying a house. So I asked my friends and posted on Twitter for referrals to…
Blogging from the Gartner BI Summit: Day 3
It was a great 3 days at the Gartner BI Summit and I thoroughly enjoyed attending a conference dedicated solely…
The Royal Wedding
The Royal Wedding was a huge hit at my house, which was a little surprising given that I am married…
Being a Data Gourmet
I grew up in a bilingual household where we spoke French and English. Many of us who’ve been exposed to…
Master Data Management (MDM) – Going Where the Enterprise Data Warehouse has Gone Before
There is a lot of industry buzz on Master Data Management (MDM). It would appear from this chatter that MDM…
Are BI Appliances Simply 30 Year Old Databases?
In a thought-provoking blog post published by WIT, a business intelligence consulting company in the U.S., the author writes of…
Blogging from the Gartner BI Summit: Day 2
Members of Qlikview said in their case study session that one of the most powerful things you can glean from…
Brains and Databases: An Obsession with Time Keeping
Data management professionals can add a time dimension to data via the use of temporal databases. However, neuroscientists are also…
In-database analytics and Decision Management
One of the hot topics these days in analytics is “in-database” or “in-warehouse” analytics. I have blogged about multiple products…
War Games: A New Type of Competitive Analytical Tool
Steve McDonnellSpotfire Blogging Team Steve McDonnellSpotfire Blogging TeamData analytics plays a key role in corporate strategy development. With any new…