Looking at dashboards and ROI
It is so hard to identify a company’s return on investment (ROI) in relation to their BI projects. Yes, people…
Webinar: The Art of Giving Up Control
This coming Friday at 1pm EDT I’ll be participating in a free webinar with Charlene Li and Steve Rubel on…
The Data Science Venn Diagram
Whenever I'm asked, "Who uses R?", I usually rattle off a long list of job titles: statistician, analyst, quant, researcher…
Cycles of SaaS and On-Premise ERP Software
Eric Kimberling from the Panorama Consulting Group is 100% right. In his recent blog post, Why SaaS and Cloud Enterprise…
I Tweet Therefore I Am
Actually, I do not tweet or have a Twitter account (yet). Maybe I will in the future. I am typically…
How to Plan Your Mobile BI Strategy
Tablets, smartphones, laptops and netbooks are all the rage due to their mobility. And, the news and blogs are overflowing…
Data quality tools do not solve data quality problems
Data Quality (DQ) Tips is an OCDQ regular segment. Each DQ-Tip is a clear and concise data quality pearl of…
Keep Intellectual Capital from Walking out the Door
I once worked for a small company that had three of the people with the most work experience leave or…
The (perceived) humanity in a machine
A couple of weeks ago, I talked to Stanford professor Clifford Nass about how humans relate to machines. I was…
The Semantic Web and Complementary Technologies
In my previous post, I discussed the business case for the semantic web and how it is affecting customer service.…