Webtrends Engage 2011: Making Web Analytics Sexy
I spent a few days this week catching up with Webtrends during its annual user event, Engage, in San Francisco.…
Statistics: The Need for Integration
I'd like to revisit an issue we covered here, way back in 2007: Statistics: Why Do So Many Hate It?.…
Why CRM ain’t CRM if it isn’t Social
Almost a year back, I wrote about how four independent trends, namely Social Media, Smart Phones/Portable Devices, Cloud Computing/SaaS and Predictive Analytics were converging…
How BI and Data Analytics Professionals Used Twitter in February
February was an eventful month for data analytics and BI professionals on Twitter. This month we bring you famous Tweeters…
Big data, big acquisition, still some big questions
Teradata announced its intent to acquire Aster Data today. Obviously this is big news in analytics-land and I participated in…
Why The Last Decade of BI Best-Practice Architecture is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete
Business analytics, or solving business problems through better use of data, is absolutely nothing new. But every decade or so…
First Look – Opera Solutions
I got a chance to catch up with Opera Solutions recently. A company that aims to improve “machine intelligence” and…
Tough Analytics? Watson to the Rescue
"Quickly Watson, get your service revolver!" Is Watson about to put business intelligence out of its misery? Is the good…
Going Big – Teradata to Acquire Aster Data
We are very excited to share with you that today we announced our company, Aster Data, is being acquired by…