Governmental IT: Analytics is not a dirty word
Over at Smart Data Collective, Bill Cooper wrote a wonderful article on deep analytics. In particular, I liked his assessment…
Dashboard Envy
Coca-Cola Germany has published on the web (via their marketing agency) two generations of their flash-based dashboards developed between 2007 and 2009.…
Tipping Points
The term "business analytics" is on everyone’s lips. It’s like when you buy a new car, suddenly you see that…
Analytics is Not a Dirty Word
What seems like a lifetime ago, I was intelligence officer in the Air Force. Beyond creating Snoopy calendars on the mainframe…
IBM: Numerati paradise
It's been about three weeks that I've been "covering" IBM for BusinessWeek. I haven't done any articles yet, but I…
Government IT Savings Success – Time to Open the Piggy Bank…Carefully
Australia's Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner recently heralded the Gershon Review and resultant reforms by Federal Government as a success. A…
Validation, Correction, and Conversion: Presenting the PMML Converter!
PMML, the Predictive Model Markup Language, is the de facto standard to represent predictive models. With PMML, models can be…
PMML and Open Source Data Mining – Predictive Analytics on the go!
Open source tools provide a cost-effective, yet powerful option for data mining. The following contenders adhere to the PMML standard…
San Diego Forum on Analytics — review
I just got back from the half-day Forum on Analytics in San Diego, and included a keynote by Wayne Peacock…
“Storage Dreams” and the greatest things since sliced bread!
Last week I attended the 16th Annual Computer Old-Timers Lunch, and it always provides an opportunity to reflect on the…