Citizen Data Journalism
I've recently praised some mainstream media outlets like the New York Times and New Scientist for leading the charge on…
Predictive Analytics with R, PMML, ADAPA, and Excel
PMML (Predictive Model Markup Language) is the standard language used by all the top analytic vendors (commercial and open-source) to…
What Does Data Quality Technology Want?
During a recent Radiolab podcast, Kevin Kelly, author of the book What Technology Wants, used the analogy of how a…
Answering the real questions in data analysis
A guy walks into your cube and asks you to whip up an econometric model. You’re a statistician, after all,…
Evolution of Thinking about Cloud ERP Software
Gartner Research article shows reader interest and areas of thought. Dennis Gaughan, Managing VP at Gartner Research recently published an…
Why IT Doesn’t “Get” Analytics (and Why the Time is Right for Change)
Over one hundred customers were online, poised to hear the webinar. Moments like this can be business magic, but they…
‘Tis the Season for Data Quality
‘Tis the season for getting holiday greeting cards, and not only from family and friends, since many companies also like…
Geeks are Chic
A managerial movement is now picking up steam: organizations are applying business analytics to gain insights to determine good decisions…