Some thoughts on the IRM(UK) DW/BI conference
As previously advertised, I presented at the recent IRM(UK) DW/BI seminar in London. As a speaker I was entitled to…
Data Mining Book Review: Business intelligence success factors
I will be clear from the beginning: this book is not about business intelligence. At least not the way most…
Facebook Modernizing to C++
Facebook is improving its website by converting PHP, a modern scripting language, to the low-level C++ language. I'm shouting hallelujahs!…
Big Blue Knows How to Blog
IBM does a great job supporting employees who have personal blogs. While other vendors might try to police what employees…
A Survey Gene?
Declining response rates have a been a problem in survey research for a long time. Now a study by Lori…
Geospatial TTPs Contribute To Cyber Security
The Geospatial tradecraft has benefited from the development of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) that have played a major role…
DQ-Poll: Data Warehouse or Data Outhouse?
In many organizations, a data warehouse is the only system where data from numerous and disparate operational sources has been…
A Model of User Driven Analytics
Here’s a diagram I threw together a while back breaking out the different parts of user-driven analytics. With automated analytics…
SAP and NEC sign deal to compete for cloud ERP market
The Cloud changes a lot of things, including the way that “partnerships” can compete. In some cases partnerships may begin…
How HP finds Sweet Spot customers in its data trove
Do you have an Hewlett-Packard printer, maybe a few HP laptops and PCs spread around the home or office? If…