Is Your Dashboard Working?
It’s no wonder they call it a dashboard… Like your car, your business could scarcely move forward without it. A well designed…
Letter to Operations: no more spreadsheets for Purchasing
Editor’s Note: This article addresses supply chain issues in the form of a memo written to the operations management department.…
What’s the Difference? – A Social Media Monitoring Strategy that Analyzes Intentions Instead of Mentions
At CI we talk a lot about analyzing consumer intentions, extracting consumer expressions of preference with regards to products, viewing…
The Data Analytics of Super Tuesday
As the Republican primaries barrel ahead towards Super Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidates will be slugging it out as more…
Analytics-based Presidential Campaigns
Let me manage your expectations. This brief blog will not take a political position for any candidate or political party.
Storytelling with Data to Rally Support for Your Position
The very concept of what a book is has changed. (The same is true with music videos — check out…
New Big Data Applications
Wikibon’s Jeff Kelly bravely put a stake in the ground recently, first among IT market observers, by
SDC @ Strata – Impressions from the floor
Strata has grown quite a lot since last year's Santa Clara gathering. There are 2,000 attendees, and though that's small…
Top 14 Business Intelligence predictions for 2012
Don’t confuse continuity for laziness. On face value, rehashing events already transpired as ‘predictions’ may create the appearance of lethargy.…
SDC @ Strata – Edd Dumbill – Rockstar Unicorns
Edd Dumbill of O'Reilly, creators and hosts of the Strat Conferences, opened the day saying, "Companies are asking, 'How do…
