Minding the KPI Gap – A Critical Part of the EPM Process
Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are a critical component of an overall corporate or enterprise performance management (CPM/EPM) process. They…
Common Ground: Solving the Survey-GIS Gap
We’ve all heard the decades-old phrase surveyors have used to describe GIS: “Get It Surveyed.” But the saying, which emerged…
Report: AWS launching cloud-based machine learning service
Dive Brief:Amazon Web Services is reportedly launching its own artificial intelligence service to tie into its cloud offerings, according to The…
CIO Priorities for 2017 – Managing the Tech and Talent Challenges
The approach of a new year brings about thoughts for the future. For CIOs, it’s a time to consider the…
Will Predictive Analytics and POS Save Small Retailers from Extinction?
Global brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to compete against their digital rivals. Smaller retailers have been suffering the most, because they…
From Operations to Insights: Business Analytics Meets NoSQL
Many people love NoSQL databases because they can throw their data into them without a care (almost) and let the…
After 31 Years of Spreadsheets, It’s Time to Move On
The spreadsheet isn’t going away anytime soon. But the reliance on it as a standalone tool is waning, as the…
Big Data Pitfalls That Undermine Marketing Automation Goals
According to the Lenskold Group’s 2013 Lead Generation Marketing Effectiveness Study, 49% of businesses use marketing automation. Marketing automation allows…
Enterprise Risk Management and EPM – Separate or Joined at the Hip?
Enter Enterprise risk management (ERM) and enterprise performance management (EPM) are often discussed as separate topics. But when you think…
Big Data Grows Up at Strata+Hadoop World 2016
I recently spent time at Strata+Hadoop World 2016 in New York. I attended this event and its predecessor, Hadoop World,…
