For the first time in history, more people live in cities than…
For the first time in history, more people live in cities than anywhere else, which means cities have to get…
The Apologists
A whole mini industry has recently been created in SAS based on justifying Jim Davis’ comments to the effect that:…
The Slow Demise of 4GLs
On a regular basis, web searchers come to my site looking for advice on how to eliminate legacy 4GL applications.In…
Comparing baseball pitcher styles with lattice graphics
Last night's Bay Area R User's Group meeting was on the topic of Building Web Dashboards, and focused on integrating…
Business Intelligence: Decisions, Decisions
“Business Intelligence is all about supporting business decision.”How many times have you heard that? It’s become the standard mantra. It…
DQ Problems? Start a Data Quality Recognition Program!
Having spent some time in an Enterprise Data Warehouse Competency Centre, one item I noticed was that we received a…
Business Objects Auditing in XIR3
BusinessObjects Enterprise Auditor provides you with a way to monitor and record key facts about your BusinessObjects Enterprise deployment.The information…
PASW 13 :The preview
Here are some previews of PASW – the new suite of software by SPSS. Auto ClusterThe Auto Cluster feature in…
Interview: Dave Schrader on Active Enterprise Intelligence
Dr. Dave Schrader is responsible for marketing Active Enterprise Intelligence, Teradata’s “top strategic initiative” that is designed to help customers…
Clementine is dead, long live PASW Modeller
For the new Clementine homepage seehttp://www.spss.com/software/modeling/modeler/SPSS have gone for new product names, including changing Clementine to PASW. I'm more interested…
