Gathering Information on a Global Scale
The financial services industry is an ever-evolving whirlwind of information. Stock prices, trades and analyst ratings are critical components in…
Understanding, Improving & Controlling the Data Landscape — Part 1
I have been involved in a number of different data related projects where the business problem can be summarised in…
Alberto’s Business Analytics Predictions for 2012
Alberto’s Business Analytics Predictions for 2012 2011 was a great year for business analytics across all industries. As business analytics…
Why Human Resource Should Care About Big Data
There is no conversation or corporate strategy presentation today without mentioning Big Data. The focus of this write-up is to…
On the Government, Data, Cooperation, Crisis, and Opportunity
In government circles, Open Data is getting its fair share of attention these days. At least in the US, resistance…
How to Use Pivot Tables to Mine Your Data
To succeed at Six Sigma or any process improvement effort, you'll often have to analyze and summarize text data. Most…
Three Competencies for the Entity Web
When we interact with information sources online in 2014 (note I'm not calling these things search engines, though the things…
The Horizon of Data Mining
A few days ago, inquiring about projection models I was faced with a question about whether these models are purely…
