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…
Predictive Analytics in the Marketplace: Insights from PAWCON
A couple of weeks ago I attended Predictive Analytics World (#PAWCON), a multi-city conference focusing on how organizations are leveraging predictive analytics…
Analytics and Hedgehogs: Lessons from the Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays spend significantly less on payroll than some of the wealthier teams in Major League Baseball, but…
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…
Stat Models, Astronomical Mysteries…and Business Data
If you look at the picture below (Pleiades constellation), you will see - with the naked eye - that many…
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…
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…
SAP’s New Fraud Management Analytical Application
SAP recently announced its new Fraud Management analytic applications. Currently in “controlled” (limited) release, it’s a promising start for the product and a…
