Impressions of SAP HANA
I recently attended a day long, hands-on, academy session for SAP HANA at the SAP offices in Chicago and thought…
The STEM Profession that Women Dominate
Do you know which major STEM field boasts as many women in the profession as men? Where almost half the…
To Sample Or Not To Sample… Does It Even Matter?
So the question is…when do you sample and when do you not? And does it even matter anymore in the…
Why Defining the Target Variable in Predictive Analytics is Critical
Every data mining project begins with defining what problem will be solved. I won't describe the CRISP-DM process here, but…
Using Analytics to Create Rating Territories
One of the many areas of property and casualty risk analysis is the effective creation of rating territories based on…
Big Data: A Kick in the Business Intelligence Expert’s Habits
For some time the word Big Data appeared and is widely used by journalists, analysts, consultants and some software or…
For E.piphany (Infor), It’s Back to the Future
One thing I learned in the past 20+ years of doing CRM – when a tool works, the vendor behind…
Is Machine Learning v Domain Expertise the wrong question?
KDNuggets had an interesting poll this week in which readers expressed themselves as Skeptical of Machine Learning replacing Domain Expertise. This…
SAP Enters Predictive Analytics Space
Software mega-vendor SAP says that it is responding to customer demand for predictive analytics software with a new product called…
