Dazed and Confused About Big Data
Not every business needs to initiate "big data" analytics, but every company needs to understand more about big data –…
The Internet of Things Will Lead Us into a New Industrial Revolution [VIDEO]
Economic theorist and author Jeremy Rifkin explains the importance of the Internet of Things and how it will result in…
Job Market Explodes for Quantitative Students
With the market for quantitative candidates continuing to gain momentum, Burtch Works spoke with Jennifer Priestley, Professor of Statistics and…
True Data-Driven Decision Making Requires Smart, Honest Data Collection Strategies
Data-driven decision making is getting a lot of recent press. As big data platforms gain more and more notoriety, the…
Business Intelligence Isn’t Just About Technology [VIDEO]
The BIg Idea Video SeriesBI Isn’t Just About Technology The purpose of business intelligence is to empower human intelligence, not just…
Ramifications of IT Infrastructure Everywhere
Most people don’t notice that information technology pervades our daily lives. Granted, some IT infrastructure is in the open and…
Does Data Mining Require a PhD? Probably Not, But The New York Times Hired One
Data intelligence is the future of journalism — even a 162-year-old publication knows that — which is why when the…
Agile Data Warehousing
I gave a talk on Agile Data Warehousing and met a bunch of great data folks at the recent DAMA Philadelphia…
Inventory Analysis: Affordable, Available, Actionable
For any manufacturer or distributor, the problem with inventory management is easily stated. Simply put, there’s often too much of…
To SQL or to NoSQL?
Recently there was a great post at Dzone recounting how one "tech savvy startup" moved away from its NoSQL database…
