Text Analytics WIIFM (What’s in it for Me?)
Every day or so, someone asks me what’s hot in analytics now. My answer is simple – text. Text analytics,…
CRISP-DM Data Mining Methodology in Hypertext Form
CRISP-DM – Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining – is the best known data mining methodology out there. It’s been…
Support Vector Clustering: An Approach to Overcome the Limits of K-means
Some time ago, I posted a banal case to show the limits of K-mean clustering. A follower gave us a…
Essential Elements of Data Mining
This is my attempt to clarify what Data Mining is and what it isn’t. According to Wikipedia, “In philosophy, essentialism…
Data Management: Reaching Into the Cloud
In a form of “shadow IT”, Line-of-Business groups have been turning to cloud-based services to quickly set up technology solutions…
Data Integration Processes: It’s Not the Tool, It’s How You Use It
In my discussions with clients, prospects, students and networking with folks at seminars I am always asked about my opinion…
Text Analytics for Legacy BI Analysis
A stumbling block for businesses trying to modernize legacy computer applications is the sheer volume of program files. An IT…
Book Review: Social Media Analytics by Marshall Sponder
I haven’t done a book review since I was in Mrs. Parson's 5th grade class but Marshall asked me to…
