Facebook’s Response to Yahoo’s Patent Lawsuit
Like many in tech, I believe all software patents should be abolished. That said, I think Facebook made the right…
The Fallacy of the Data Scientist Shortage
There is no question that the USA (in fact, most of the world) would be well-served with more quantitatively capable…
R and Hadoop: Step-by-step Tutorials
At the recent Big Data Workshop held by the Boston Predictive Analytics group, airline analyst and R user Jeffrey Breen gave a step-by-step…
3 Ways ‘Big Data Analytics’ Will Change Enterprise Performance Management
Success of companies – big or small – will increasingly depend on their ability to capture, analyze and gain insights…
Proctor & Gamble – A Case Study in Business Analytics
Best-in-Class Analytics Innovation Case Study…Interesting article about P&G and Business Analytics from InformationWeek, Feb 6, 2012. Illustrates the way Business…
SDC @ Strata – Doug Cutting on Hadoop, Apache and Open Source
Doug Cutting addressed the Wednesday plenary audience for 10 minutes and spoke about Hadoop. He carries the title of "Architect"…
Beyond Hadoop – Completing the Big Data Picture
It's increasingly clear that Big Data is not just about volume — but also the variety, complexity and velocity of…
Do You Have a Marketing Attribution Problem?
On a recent webinar, Rob Bronson from Forrester Research pointed out that 45% of Big Data implementations are in marketing. …
What Is a Data Scientist (and What Isn’t)?
The perception among organizations over the past five years is that more quantitative methods, with or without Big Data, are…
Business Intelligence – The Power of Human Emotion
2011 was noted as the year that demonstrated the "power of the human emotion.” It was the year where human…
