Blogging from the Gartner BI Summit: Day 2
Members of Qlikview said in their case study session that one of the most powerful things you can glean from…
Brains and Databases: An Obsession with Time Keeping
Data management professionals can add a time dimension to data via the use of temporal databases. However, neuroscientists are also…
In-database analytics and Decision Management
One of the hot topics these days in analytics is “in-database” or “in-warehouse” analytics.
Drivers – Not Just for Golf or Cars
What causes something else to happen? In the field of management the popular term for the “cause” is a driver.…
The Quiet-Eye Period
In Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We…
Role of Business Intelligence in Process Improvement
Bill Gassman spoke on the role of Business Intelligence – BI – in process improvement. Bill means “big BI” –…
Inferring Intent on Mobile Devices
Schmidt recently said that while the Google Instant predictive search technology helps shave an average of 2 seconds off users’ queries,…
Analytics and Free Will
I like to think that I have free will. So it was devastating to read in the April 23 Wall…
Business, Analytics and Technical User Roles When Automating Decisions
Organizations of all kinds make many decisions, decisions that are critical to their success. These decisions can be divided into…
