“Freemium’s” broken promises
'Freemium' I'm learning, is not to be trusted. For those who haven't read Chris Anderson's book, Free, or been briefed…
Why don’t they [IT] ever learn?
I was chatting with friends last weekend about work and the conversation led to discussing how hard IT seem to…
NoSQL Buzz
I have noticed a definite increase in NoSQL buzz over the last few months. This is partly confirmed by Google…
Creating DDL For An Entire Database In SQL Server 2008
Recently, I started a new project which has a database component. I looked around for some visual data modeling tools,…
First Look – SAS In-Database Analytics
SAS has been rolling out its in-database and in-warehouse analytics over the last few months and I thought it was…
Business Intelligence: It’s Hyundai, like Sunday!
Business Intelligence often is associated with optimization, innovation and prediction. But Business Intelligence and analytics also are powerful tools for…
What is a good classification accuracy in data mining?
What a good question! Or what a bad question should I say. In fact, this question is not a good…
Robotic folder: mastery in a domain
If you haven't already seen this neat freak of a robot folding towels in a Berkeley lab, it's worth a…
Special automotive track at the Enterprise Intelligence Summit
There will be a special automotive track at the Teradata Enterprise Intelligence Summit in Berlin: Representatives from Daimler and component…
Seven Ways to Rejuvenate Your Marketing Database
A visit to so many marketers shows people poring over paper reports, having meetings about the validity of the reports,…
