Evolving the Formula 1 Racer
Since the first Formula 1 auto race in 1950, the drive for faster lap times, more reliability, and changes in…
3 Hours of Pure Soccer Emotion, Visualized with R
The biggest prize in UK soccer, the Premier League Championship, is decided by a points system. Unlike most sports competitions,…
A year on: The promise of SAP HANA for Big Data analytics (Part Two)
In part one of this two-part series - A year on: The promise of SAP HANA for Big Data analytics…
Data Comes Alive!
When most people think of data, images of complex Microsoft workbooks and spreadsheets come to mind. Tables with rows and…
Hadoop pushes, pulls Big Data analytics into mainstream (Part Two)
Did you miss out? It’s ok. We’ll fill you in. Part one of this two-part exploration of Hadoop’s affect on…
4 Questions to Ask Before You Define Your Cloud BI Strategy
These days, when it comes to enterprise software, it seems that it is all about the cloud. Some software applications…
Adding Business to Analytics
As per Wikipedia “A simple definition of analytics is the science of analysis… Business managers may choose to make decisions…
Birthday Probabilities: Heat Map vs. R
Last week, Joe Rickert used R and four years of US Census data to create an image plot of the…
The Joy of Stats: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
If you’ve ever wished that important results from smart analytics could come to life – you will definitely envy the magic…
Discussion of Big Data in the Geospatial Intelligence Domain
The US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) held a Geoint Community Week June 4-8 2012 which included a technology day. The…
