Data Visualization a Big Winner in Knight Challenge
Data viz has an established role in business—but these days it’s also gaining traction in the realm of public service. …
The impact of the drug war in Mexico
For the last couple of years, Mexico has been in the midst of an escalating drug war, with violent crime…
Are Some BI Vendors too Quiet?
Yesterday, I went to a luncheon put on by Qlikview at the Seattle Yacht Club. I love these vendor luncheons,…
Learning R
When R is brought up as a possibility for doing statistics or data mining or any sort of predictive analytics among…
Promoting Poor Data Quality
A few months ago, during an e-mail correspondence with one of my blog readers from Brazil (I’ll let him decide…
Reinventing the BI Solution You Already Have – A Series of Unfortunate Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Events #1
(This is part of our ongoing Series of Unfortunate Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Events. Click for the complete series,…
Why Are There Irrational Business Decisions?
I recently attended a presentation by Dr. Franck Schuurmans, a guest lecturer at the Wharton Business School and a consultant…
The opportunity for opportunity analytics
Some time ago Neil Raden and I did some research on analytics. It was clear as we did this that…
Data hostages: The emerging business model of Web 2.0
For years, as growing millions blogged, Tweeted, posted videos on YouTube and updates on Facebook, we in the press wondered…
