The Perils of Analysts Demanding Perfection and Precision
I refer to myself as a “ready-fire-aim” kind of guy. Although this is an exaggeration, it makes the point that…
Why Large Enterprises and EDW Owners Suddenly Care About Big Data
While most of big data is geared towards social media and stream analytics, traditional EDW can also best leverage the…
Are Public Clouds Complex Environments?
A recent analyst report suggests public clouds are prone to failure because they are inherently complex. However, just because there…
Big Data Analytics: Reframing Political Campaigns
A lot of people talk about Big Data, but not may do anything meaningful with it. Planned Parenthood is one…
The Future of Data Science
The last couple of weeks were great for the future of data science. First Wikibon, and then IDC, promised a…
So, what is Digital Analytics then?
The WAA renamed itself to DAA (which was announced at eMetrics in San Francisco last Monday) to reflect the…
Why Nobody Is Actually Analyzing Unstructured Data
Unstructured data has been a very popular topic lately since so many big data sources are unstructured. However, an important…
Defining “Data Scientist”, cont’d
Forbes continues the series exploring the definition of "data scientist" with an in-depth interview with bitly's Hilary Mason, who describes…
Publishing and Big Data
As the author of four books, I pay close attention to the publishing world, especially with respect to its use…
How BI and Data Analytics Gurus Used Twitter in February
The Predictive Analytics World Conference in San Francisco is in full force and it’s time for a Twitter wrap up…
