Adventures in MOOC: Back to School
I am now in the homestretch of a Coursera MOOC that lasts eight weeks. I am now in the homestretch…
Big Data: A Natural Solution for Disaster Relief
By Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodData By Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodDataLast Friday, a 10,000-ton meteor sped into…
CRM: Businesses Should Walk Before They Run
I was recently asked by a business software website about my thoughts on the most important features people should utilise…
The First Data Scientist on the Evolution of Data Science
Norman Nie was not surprised by the accurate predictions of the presidential election results from Nate Silver and others. “A…
SAS ODS Report Writing Interface: A Quick Demo
I personally nominated SAS ODS Report Writing Interface as one of the best technologies I found in SAS in 2012.…
Why Business Intelligence Software Is Failing Business
Business intelligence software is supposed to help businesses access and analyze data and communicate analytics and metrics. I have witnessed…
The Global Nature of Big Data and Analytics
In the past few months, in addition to my usual travel around the United States, I have had the pleasure…
Analytics Moves To The Core: Reporting from the Gartner Summit
I attended the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit last week in Barcelona. As usual, it was a great conference,…
Data-Driven BPM: Making “Big Data” Actionable
Conversation about “big data” often leads to more questions than answers. Where does big data begin and end? Business Intelligence,…
Demystifying Hadoop: Not All Problems Are Hadoop-able
When you hear about Big Data, Hadoop hype follows almost automatically. But people often ask me what Hadoop actually does.…
