Considering IT Operational Decision Making as an Asset in Current Dynamics
“To deliver on increased qualitative and quantitative expectations and combat with situations of close margins, it becomes imperative to redefine…
10 Technology Trends that will Define Enterprise Architecture in the 2010s
Forrester Research’s Brian Hopkins and co-researchers recently assembled a list of the top 20 trends that will define (or redefine)…
Survey Shows Business Intelligence Wants and Struggles of SMBs
While dashboards and reporting continue to be critical elements driving adoption of business intelligence (BI) among small to medium-sized businesses…
One Simple WebFOCUS BI Best Practice – Personal Backups
While developing WebFOCUS BI applications, you will invariably experience a "Duh!" moment. You just saved something bad to the development…
Find Value in Online/Social Text and Sentiment: Free Report, Conferences
This is a quick entry to tell you about three things --- My free report, "Text/Content Analytics 2011: User Perspectives…
Donald Farmer: Three BI Trends that Matter
Donald Farmer is a BI rock star. The minute people find out he’s in the building they seek him out…
Information Governance: What are the Best Techniques for Putting a Value on Information?
A strong Information Governance program can faciliate improvement in how information is managed across the organization, from employee skill sets to policies, procedures,…
BI Business Value – Timeliness or Consistency, Part 1
Over the past few years, we've heard increasingly that business needs ever more up-to-the-minute information to compete effectively. First mover…
Big Data: We Have the Technology, but Not the Vision
There’s been plenty said about how the power of data analytics will drive efficiency and new opportunities for today’s and…
Mixed Feelings About Agile
As I read and commented on Mike Gualtieri’s post on Agile, my mixed feelings about Agile burst into my che
