It’s time to industrialize analytics
There's a lot of talk about advanced analytics these days - the use of data mining and predictive analytics is…
Tiponomics: Analytics for Waiters
A recent lunchtime conversation with a friend reminded me that data-mining/analytics/optimization opportunities are lurking everywhere. It all started innocently enough.…
Visualizing the census
Now that the 2010 survey is over, you might be wondering what we can learn from the data when the…
Data mining competition: HIV progression
Kaggle, a data-prediction company, is inviting numerati the world over to mine a small set of data and predict patterns…
Is Business Analytics Just Another Passing Fad?
Some of my most enjoyable years of my work career were employed as a consultant with Deloitte. Although they were…
Foreign languages and data streams
When you listen to foreign language you know, it's like you're hard of hearing. I was thinking about that yesterday.…
Feature lists miss the point
So many people who should know better seem to miss the point when they mention Tableau. Why? I asked BI…
Concept Trending : A Glimpse into the future?
In the previous post some ideas were presented on the trends of Text Analytics. Analyzing and extracting knowledge from text…