A New Economy of Data
There is a revolution in data. Yet the revolution is not as much a new technology as it is a…
Dirty Data: Embarrassing, Expensive, Avoidable
I recently experienced a data-quality problem first-hand while on the phone with the company that books my family a condo…
Should the RFP Die? Probably. Will it? Probably Not.
Colleague Todd Defren posted yesterday his wish that the RFP would “Die, Die, Die!” He kindly linked to the Social…
Analyzing the Results of Analysis
Sometimes, the output of analytical tools can be voluminous and complicated. Making sense of it sometimes requires, well, analysis. Following…
Google Engineering and Insights Into Human Nature
Humans organize to get big things done. And for years leaders and thinkers have tried to optimize organizations. You have…
Social and mobile and cloud – where enterprise applications are going
There is a new world order in Silicon Valley, and by extrapolation, the world of technology. Out are Oracle, SAP,…
HP in the BI Space
Might HP become one of the BI mega-vendors? Christopher Baum at Software Advice suggests that it might happen. He posted…
What’s that tool? It’s a MacGuffin, sir. Writing a novel about BI.
When, when will someone write a novel about business intelligence? I can see it now. Amazon will try to sell…
Enterprise Data Management Fitness – Look Before You Leap
The initial phase of a project should be an assessment. A classic systems integrators’ project methodology will include this phase…
How to Bake a White Paper from Scratch: Part One—the Recipe
Welcome to part one of the “bake a white paper from scratch” series. Here you sit, ready to start your…
