Data Integration: Hand-coding Using ETL Tools
We are creatures of habit. It’s not easy to stop doing something the way we’ve always done it. Especially when…
Am I a Dinosaur already?
Last month I attended the 2009 CIO Executive Summit in Sydney. There were a number of interesting and challenging presentations,…
Data visualization: a new way of looking at the world -…
Data visualization: a new way of looking at the world - CNN.com “Specialists from scientists to accountants have been dealing…
Online survey research – how accurate?
The debate over the accuracy – and quality – of survey research conducted online is flaring at the moment, at…
Beyond ZIP +4 to Location Intelligence
In the United States, ZIP +4 assists marketers in targeting customers by city, neighborhood, or street, but geospatial location intelligence…
The sentiment on US Economy from Twitter
Is the economic crisis over? What is the sentiment of people regarding US Economy and the future? These are some…
Building Neural Networks on Unbalanced Data (using Clementine)
I got a ton of ideas whilst attending the Teradata Partners conference and also Predictive Analytics World. I think my presentations…
Early Indications October 2009: The Exploding Mobile Web
This newsletter is about numbers, specifically these:9103,000664,93260100,000We'll take these in turn.According to Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker, whose Web 2.0 presentation…
Supply Chain Facts and Statistics – The opportunities that lie beneath.
Are you ready to self-fund your business improvements? In my experience I have found that there are simple steps an…
I Have a Query
Most of my conversations during the Washington conference last week were about Teradata’s cloud computing offerings and the significance of…