IBM’s 2013 Vision Bodes Well for Finance
I recently attended Vision 2013, IBM’s annual conference for users of its financial governance, risk management and sales performance management…
“Acqui-Hiring” Hits Big Data to Tackle the Talent Shortage
The concept of a growing company short on talent acquiring another company simply to fill those open spots is not…
Analyze Big Data Effectively and Efficiently: Five Opportunities [INFOGRAPHIC]
Harness the power of big data for a new economy infographic Harness the power of big data for a…
The Role of Decision Requirements in the Analytical Life Cycle
Earlier this week I posted on the value of decision requirements modeling in analytic projects when it comes to coping with…
Turn Analysis Into Action: 3 Tips
Today’s analytics tools offer deeper insights into your data than ever before. But if you were to take an objective…
Headaches, Data Analysis, and Negativity Bias
I have suffered from bad headaches most of my life, but over the last few years they seemed to be getting…
Choosing Your Business Intelligence Solution: Don’t Be Afraid of the “Smoosh-ins®”
When an enterprise selects a BI solution, it should be able to get the combinations of BI functionality that best…
Shortage in Advanced Analytic Skills? Here’s an Indirect Approach
There are lots of articles these days about the challenges of recruiting enough data scientists, predictive analytic specialists or data…
Changing Role of #CIO: Chief Information to Chief Insights Officer
There was a time not too long ago (late 1970s to be precise) when companies used to have an Electronic…
Data Warehousing: Lessons We Have Failed to Learn
Over the last few years, I have been studying the reason that data warehouse projects fail. This, to me, is…


