Some thoughts on legacy modernization with business rules
I saw this white paper by IBM on Legacy Modernization with business rules and thought I should quickly re-summarize my…
Some thoughts on the IRM(UK) DW/BI conference
As previously advertised, I presented at the recent IRM(UK) DW/BI seminar in London. As a speaker I was entitled to…
Data Mining Book Review: Business intelligence success factors
I will be clear from the beginning: this book is not about business intelligence. At least not the way most…
A Model of User Driven Analytics
Here’s a diagram I threw together a while back breaking out the different parts of user-driven analytics. With automated analytics…
Another Step for Google into Business Analytics? EIM with Google Refine 2.0
Google has announced Google Refine 2.0, “a power tool for data wranglers”. It’s an open-source tool for cleaning and enhancing “messy”…
The Go/No-Go Decision Pattern
Should you accept a new project a potential customer is offering you? Should you hire an assistant? Should you buy…
A Pattern Language for Decision-Making
Pattern languages have become all the rage. Why? Because they help codify best practices and provide a vocabulary to talk…
What the business needs from business rules (a thought on mega trends)
Last week Carole-Ann posted on 2 MegaTrends at Business Rules Forum 2010. I normally agree with a lot of what…
Automating Analytics
Information Management has recently published an interesting article about automating analytics. Written by Bill Franks and Scott VanValkenburgh, it explains…
How Data Analytics and BI Professionals Used Twitter In October
Last month, we started a monthly feature called How Data Analytics and BI Professionals Use Twitter. We covered the news,…
