Top Big Data Sectors and Their Unique Challenges
The Big Data industry was a $3.2 billion dollar industry in 2010, expected to reach $10 billion this year and…
Spreadsheets: Still the King of Business Intelligence Tools
"BI is not an upgrade to the spreadsheet!" "Stop trying to use the spreadsheet as a BI tool!" BI vendors…
Big Data Goes Real-Time
Data seems to be the buzz on the street now, and not just any kind, but Big Data. But what…
Selecting Big Data Sources for Predictive Analytics
Why is big data valuable? Because it’s big? Not really. In fact, very large datasets always come with a very…
Zynga: A Big Data Company Masquerading as a Gaming Company
How much data does an online game developer like Zynga create and use on a daily basis? The answer is,…
Data Visualization: Storytelling, Skills, and Utility
I recently read an interview on the Harvard Business Review blog with Amanda Cox, who is a trained statistician and…
Key to Business Intelligence Success: Data Accuracy and Visibility
By now, most decision-makers have probably heard some success stories regarding business intelligence (BI) – how one company used it to cut costs,…
Big Data and the Big Opportunity to Reform Education
In big data terms, every human being is a rich resource. Students, from enrollment to grades to the clubs they…
Tracking Adwords Conversions in Salesforce: 6 Challenges
With the impending “end-of-life” of Salesforce for Google Adwords, I thought I’d dive a bit deeper into some of the…
Five BI and Analytics Takeaways from Gartner Summit 2013
The Gartner Summit in Grapevine, TX, this year was pretty fantastic, and Domo had a big presence there. But rather…
