Earth Day: How Green BI has Become a Reality
Nearly 74 percent of companies said that green IT initiatives are important in considering IT services, according to a report…
Social Analytics for PR Agencies
Last week I attended a Social Media 101 event that was sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)…
Customer Data Integration (CDI) – for a Single View of Your Customer
How profitable are your customers? What have they purchased lately? Are there opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell to them? You…
Evaluating Successful Predictive Analytics Solutions
Numerous studies exist regarding the use of many different kinds of mathematical techniques. From an academic standpoint, the arguments supporting…
Black Swans Causing a Rethink on Global Supply Chains?
A fair percentage of academicians and corporate supply chain experts agree that running supply chains “lean and mean” with just…
Economist or Iconomist? They Needed Analytics!
Have you heard the joke about economists? Most of them are calling them an “iconomist” because they did not foresee…
Business Intelligence: Intuitive vs Cool Data Visualization and Infographics
Sex sells. And, although it may seem absurdly out of context, it definitely sells Business Intelligence (BI) software. Though somewhat…
Where Data Analysis is a Nightmare
There are the dream organizations that deploy data analysts wisely. Then there are the nightmares, such as the I.R.S. as…
Why Business Analytics is Important for Business — Now!
As the global political & physical barriers are collapsing, all the global markets are getting opened for businesses, creating a…