Business Discovery Apps: Data Visualization Plus
In the Harvard Business Review blog article by senior editor Scott Berinato, “Your Business Needs Insight, Not Just Pretty Pictures”…
Top Big Data Sectors and Their Unique Challenges
The Big Data industry was a $3.2 billion dollar industry in 2010, expected to reach $10 billion this year and…
Spreadsheets: Still the King of Business Intelligence Tools
"BI is not an upgrade to the spreadsheet!" "Stop trying to use the spreadsheet as a BI tool!" BI vendors…
Big Data Goes Real-Time
Data seems to be the buzz on the street now, and not just any kind, but Big Data. But what…
Predictive Analytics in the Marketplace: Insights from PAWCON
A couple of weeks ago I attended Predictive Analytics World (#PAWCON), a multi-city conference focusing on how organizations are leveraging predictive analytics…
Analytics and Hedgehogs: Lessons from the Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays spend significantly less on payroll than some of the wealthier teams in Major League Baseball, but…
Selecting Big Data Sources for Predictive Analytics
Why is big data valuable? Because it’s big? Not really. In fact, very large datasets always come with a very…
Stat Models, Astronomical Mysteries…and Business Data
If you look at the picture below (Pleiades constellation), you will see - with the naked eye - that many…
Data Visualization: Storytelling, Skills, and Utility
I recently read an interview on the Harvard Business Review blog with Amanda Cox, who is a trained statistician and…
Tracking Adwords Conversions in Salesforce: 6 Challenges
With the impending “end-of-life” of Salesforce for Google Adwords, I thought I’d dive a bit deeper into some of the…
