Moving beyond the industrial society
Noted psychiatrist R. D. Laing said "we live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that…
Privacy Policy Perspectives
Whenever a site asks me to read their privacy policy before entering my info, my immediate reaction is to just…
Bound for Berlin, to the Teradata Universe
We are several weeks into the new year already and optimism is slightly returning to Europe, the Middle East and…
IRS Internal Migration Data and Housing Bubble
Earlier this week, I suggested a potential business application of IRS’s internal migration data for a moving and relocation company.…
In-database analytics – a white paper
My co-author on Smart (Enough) Systems, Neil Raden, has written a great white paper on in-database analytics that is available…
Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the enterprise?
The business world is crawling with software vendors and consultancies selling collaboration tools, from Microsoft's Sharepoint to IBM's Lotus Notes.…
Enhancing IT Support to the Counter Terror Effort: Design Criteria
This is the concluding post on enhancing IT innovation in support of the Counter Terror effort. The first part focused…
According to Gartner Social CRM is Going to be Big
I read an interesting article on information age a few days ago which references some new Gartner predictions around Social…
Object types in R: The fundamentals
If you're a self-taught R programmer, you've probably grappled with the different kinds of objects you can use in the language. When…
The Analytic Entrepreneur Series: Dr. Robert Phillips
Bob Phillips, a legend in revenue management and pricing circles, guest-lectured to my MIT Sloan analytics class last week. It…