Information-age Stimulus
As economies around the world continue to wobble in the aftermath of the credit crises, the next American president will…
Is the information economy too efficient?
Two posts that I read recently raise the question of whether the information economy has become too efficient.In “The Implications…
More from Vertica on data warehouse load speeds
Last month, when Vertica releases its “benchmark” of data warehouse load speeds, I didn’t realize it had previously released some…
ParAccel’s market momentum
After my recent blog post, ParAccel is once again angry that I haven’t given it proper credit for it accomplishments.…
Enterprise IT experts on Twitter
It was my birthday yesterday (New Year’s Day), and I remarked on Twitter that I seemed to be getting more…
Daniel Tunkelang idealizes Twitter
Daniel Tunkelang has a couple of recent posts decrying what amounts to, at least in his eyes, the abuse of…
Designed to be used
I have become curiously interested in this post that talks about how it's difficult to correctly write an application for…
Building a More Powerful Data Quality Scorecard
Most data governance practitioners agree that a data quality scorecard is an important tool in any data governance program. It…
An Attention Ponzi Scheme?
There’s been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere lately about whether the number of followers a person has on…
CAP (Compact Application Protocol) is Arch Rock’s proposal…
CAP (Compact Application Protocol) is Arch Rock’s proposal to run ZigBee Application Profiles such as Smart Energy and Home Automation…