IT HANG 5: The Ride of Our Lives on the IT Wave
Having written a reflective blog on where we started in IT and one on where the future of research may…
R, REvolution named in top analytic trends for 2010
Author and enterprise software executive Nenshad Bardoliwalla lists his Top 10 Trends for 2010 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management…
From Silence to Sound – A Perilous Career Journey
Silent films peaked in 1928. The shift to “talkies” – where a soundtrack was added to movies – was quick,…
Business Analytics vs. Business Intelligence
I used to be one that thought the term "data mining" would stay as the description of the kind of…
2009: A Year of Tensions and Technology
It’s been an interesting year on the technology front. Without question, technological improvements have made our lives easier, more efficient,…
If I Told You a Fractal Solution, Could You Change the CEO’s Mind?
As the new year approaches, debates over the "value" of IT and business projects intensify; it's not holiday stress, but…
Taking the Internet out of its current boundaries
We live in a connected world, no one disputes that. Connectivity and the onramps to that connectivity are constantly evolving.…
Should we optimize ourselves for search engines?
One of my points in The Numerati is that in a world increasingly managed by machines, we must "optimize" ourselves…
Some TLC for Your Data
Did you ever wonder why the data error was entered into the system, database, or report that’s right there in…
Understanding Value
It is interesting when we talk about the value of a customer (sometimes referred to as profitability). There are a…