Data Analyst for a Construction Company: Where to Look?
The general manager of a local builder wanted my advice the other morning — how to find a data analyst.…
Quickly Deploy a Well-Engineered Apache Hadoop Solution to a Production Environment
As a former enterprise CTO and current technology watcher, I was struck at the incredible brilliance of yesterday’s announcement by Dell
Bad 3D Pie Chart Alert! By Scientific American no less!
Well, this is a stunning piece of poor quality work by a respected magazine! I’m not sure if I can…
Should “Bob The Marketing Guy” Be Building Your Analytics?
There is a certain topic that comes up a lot. In fact, I responded to a LinkedIn discussion on the…
First Look – Oracle Data Mining Update
I got an update from Oracle on Oracle Data Mining (ODM) recently. ODM is an in-database data mining and predictive…
How to Win the Lottery with Data Analytics
It’s becoming increasingly clear that data analytics can help your company add value, remain competitive and identify new business opportunities. However,…
What to Do When You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know…
So once again there was a great coincidence from my travels. Three times in the past week I was told…
How Google Uses R to Make Online Advertising More Effective
At JSM 2011 today, three Google employees (amongst the more than 20 Google delegates there) gave a little insight into…
Forget Derivatives – Hedge Risks with Innovation and Integrated Data
To protect against wild currency swings or volatile commodity costs, one surefire strategy employed by senior managers is hedging risk…
