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Personalization: The Underappreciated Aspect of Self-Service Business Intelligence

September 30, 2011 by David Abramson
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Perhaps the most critical, yet underappreciated aspect of self-service BI is personalization. In the context of BI, personalization is about giving the end user - the consumer of the data output - the ability to define or build the type of experiences they want, and to save them as personalized views. [read more]

Big Data: What can an energy company teach us about data science?

June 22, 2011 by Ted Sapountzis
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Is data science a new discipline to help us with big data ? I don't agree, as field has existed since WWII, and the industry is innovating so that we are all data scientists [read more]

Ease-of-use Key to Successful Business Intelligence Deployments

June 15, 2011 by Lachlan James
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Ease-of-use is now the number one Business Intelligence (BI) selection criteria. And with the continued consumerization of BI, its importance will only grow. [read more]

Business Intelligence: Intuitive vs Cool Data Visualization and Infographics

April 18, 2011 by Lachlan James
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Sex sells. And, although it may seem absurdly out of context, it definitely sells Business Intelligence (BI) software. [read more]

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Top 10 Business Intelligence predictions for 2011

January 13, 2011 by Lachlan James
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Are you ok? Perhaps you should sit down. The Business Intelligence (BI) industry developed at a frenetic take-your-breath-away pace during 2010. In 2011 the tempo will be dialed up a few beats per minute, with a continuation of trends centered around the ease-of-use, access to, and speed of reporting and analytics. [read more]

Why computers can't figure out words

July 5, 2010 by Stephen Baker
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There was a time that when you wanted a quick lunch, you told the cook behind the counter exactly what you wanted. ...'Easy on the onions, and why don't you slice one of those pickles real fine and put it in there, with just a dab of mayonnaise?'...Then we industrialized the process, and the people behind the counter at McDonalds don't... [read more]

The impact of the drug war in Mexico

June 18, 2010 by David Smith
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For the last couple of years, Mexico has been in the midst of an escalating drug war, with violent crime on the upswing in many areas. But tracking the impact quantitatively is difficult: in Mexico, about 85% of crimes go unreported, and corruption leads to inaccurate reporting in some districts. Diego Valle has taken on the task of... [read more]

Because it's Friday: The dating equation

May 28, 2010 by David Smith
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According to internet lore, there's a mathematical equation that governs the lower bound for the socially acceptable age of a potential dating partner: half your age plus 7, or, in mathematical terms, if x is your age then the lower bound is f(x) = x/2 + 7. Seems simple, right? if you're 20, then the minimum socially acceptable age for... [read more]

Winning the first game in a baseball series: a harbinger, or not?

May 17, 2010 by David Smith
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For those not familiar with the major-league baseball in the US (and despite living here for more than 10 years, I still include myself in that category), the games usually played in series: team A visits the home of team B, and the two teams play two or more games against each other on successive days. It's common wisdom that if team A... [read more]

The demotion of the human brain

May 4, 2010 by Stephen Baker
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On a frigid summer afternoon in San Francisco, I talked last year with legendary computer researcher Gordon Bell about memory. For the previous decade, Bell had been recording just about every document, experience, encounter and heart-beat in his life. He and his co-author (and Microsoft Research colleague), Jim Gemmell, made the case... [read more]

Which font uses the most ink?

April 30, 2010 by David Smith
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If you're being particularly cost-conscious about your use of printer ink or toner, you may be wondering which font you should choose to minimize ink use. Here's an infographic with the answer: This is an interesting infographic in its own right, but what makes it cool is that these are not photoshopped images of Bic biros. Matt... [read more]

Gen "C"

April 26, 2010 by Michael Fauscette
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For some time now I've been thinking about the whole generational categorization scheme that always gets a lot of coverage. The idea that certain age groups have some common traits has been around for a long time I guess. We have Boomers, Gen X, Y, Z, Millennials, etc. Now I suppose there are commonalities that are shared because of... [read more]

Data Visualization: Why (1 of 2)

April 25, 2010 by James MacLennan
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Between business requests and breathless vendors, I am getting caught up in the growing tide of interest in “data visualizations” – managers requesting highly interactive, highly graphical, highly intuitive analytics interfaces (think Minority Report). But what are we trying to accomplish here? We keep on hearing about “executive... [read more]

Stupid Executives Should Be Fired !

April 1, 2010 by Gary Cokins
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April 1, 2010 A potential risk is lurking for opportunistic organizations losing sales. That is, there is a danger for companies that are making stupid decisions during this economic downturn. For example, executives who are reluctant to layoff large numbers of employees to improve short-term bottom line profits should be fired by... [read more]

LinkedIn Says Bye Bye to Market Researchers

March 26, 2010 by Tom Anderson
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Is the market research industry really interested in next gen innovation and quality? For those of you who haven’t heard yet, the greatest source for B-B market research sample just closed their doors. That’s right, LinkedIn is no longer offering sample to market research suppliers. For some this news will probably come as a huge... [read more]

Advanced Analytics

March 22, 2010 by Michael Ensley
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A major item organizations grapple with is the concept of advanced analytics.  They want it, but have little idea how to use the various tools to make it happen.  Unfortunately too much information often blurs the lines. For example, I watched a sales presentation on Predictive Analytics where the key outcome showed... [read more]