Structured Search Is On The Table
Freebase. Wolfram Alpha. Google Squared. I hesitate to declare a trend, but there does seem to be a growing interest…
#27: Here’s a thought…
An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on SmartData Collective reveals the following nuggets: Let the data…
SAP coming out from behind the Clouds?
This has been a tough year for many enterprise software companies but in many ways SAP seems to have suffered…
Five Reasons Why “Data Miner” is the Best Job in the World
Yes. I do believe that “Data Miner” is the best job on Earth. I will give you five reasons why…
Real Real-Time Analytics
Here’s a great video from this weeks SAP Influencer Summit featuring the advantages of real-time, in-memory analytics. You can see…
My6Sense: a Twitter filter
How do you figure out what to pay attention to in the avalanche of digital information? One tool I've been…
Faceted Search Presentation at New York CTO Club
Otis Gospodnetic and I recently gave a talk at the New York CTO Club on faceted search. The club is…
Six Telltale Signs of IT Failure
We see high-functioning IT organizations that manage their pipelines according to weighted prioritization frameworks that account for business value, available…
The Battle for the Status Quo
It’s a vicious battle. No, I am not talking about the partisan wars between the Democrats and Republicans, but this…
Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Strategy Management
I was having a discussion with one of my clients this week and I thought he did a nice job…

