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…
System Agility, Data Agility
The term agility has become a standard in the software industry to denote the ability of an organization to modify…
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…
‘Garbage in, garbage out’ — with a 2012 Twist
GIGO — or ‘garbage in, garbage out’ — has been the programmer’s mantra since the dawn of computing, with meaning…
How to Share Bad Project News
In the spirit of the holiday season, I just wanted to bring some levity to the blog. I’ll leave it…
Social Data – Understanding the Context and the Audience
Social data is one of the many new frontiers within the spectrum of Business Intelligence. If you stop and think…
The Truth about Social Media Analytics
Social media analytics - you want the truth? It’s messy, it’s awkward, and the results should be reviewed on an…
Clean Data is the Foundation of Social Business Success
If you’ve been reading any online or print media, then you know that social media volume has been growing exponentially.…
On AOL and Small Data
Author: Phil SimonYou may laugh at this statistic As of the end of September, AOL still had 3.5 million subscribers to…
