Assisted Insight: The Future of Data Discovery
Businesses don’t want "data discovery", "visualization" or "analytics" tools – businesses want one thing: insight.The challenge has been how to provide…
How to Address the Big Data Talent Challenge
One of the greatest Big Data challenges ahead of us is the scarcity in the available talent. One of the…
Where in the World Does All this ESRI World Data Come from?
I was left highly impressed, and still deeply curious, about the guts behind what I saw attending the ESRI User…
How to Make Your Department More Data-Friendly
It seems as though the entire world is abuzz about big data. If you get data alerts from Google much…
Big Data: The 4 Layers Everyone Must Know
There is still so much confusion surrounding Big Data. I thought it might help to clarify the 4 key layers…
How to Solve Data Fragmentation, or Why to Invest in a Distributed Data Warehouse
Big data isn't just industry speak anymore. By now, universities are teaching it in their MBA and marketing programs –…
3 Organizations That Can See the Future with Predictive Analytics
The ability to foresee the future would certainly be the ultimate competitive advantage. In reality though, no business has a…
America’s Favorite Pastime is Having a Data-Driven Renaissance
Two heads. That's what people see when looking at my dad as he identifies himself as both a die-hard Yankees…
Pageviews are Dead, Engagement is King
The pageview as a metric is dying a slow death, and you need little more than to keep your eye…
If You Think Data Security is IT’s Responsibility, Think Again
What does Ebay, Living Social and Adobe have in common? These companies, among countless others, have all experienced a significant…
