Another BI Vendor Acquired
The big software vendors continue to consolidate the BI market.Today, IBM announced plans to acquire statistical analysis software vendor SPSS…
The dangers of scores in decision making
Copyright © 2009 James Taylor. Visit the original article at The dangers of scores in decision making.Last week I responded…
Predicting the next Viral Tweet
It is time to use Twitter data for another reason: Can Predictive Analytics be used to identify which tweets have…
Two analysts’ stories
Yesterday I asked business analysts at the Tableau conference in Seattle about their work. Here are two quick sketches.• One…
Predictive Analytics Conference Program: PAW – Oct 20-21
The program for Predictive Analytics World - Oct 20-21 in Washington, DC has been posted. Here is an overview of…
The Federal Government and Analytics
I have recently read the latest Australian Federal Government's report on innovation. The report is called 'Powering Ideas: An Innovation…
Robert McNamara: good analytics, bad judgment
Tom Davenport on former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and how he failed despite good analytics.McNamara was a hedgehog rather…
A single version of the truth?
The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI™) 2.0As is frequently the case, I was moved to write this piece by a discussion…
In a Petabyte Age, Is Understanding Passé?
Analysts have estimated that the volume of data in enterprises of all sizes is doubling every two to three years.…
PMML 4.0 is here!
The DMG (Data Mining Group) has just released PMML 4.0, the latest and greatest version of the Predictive Model Markup…
