Big Data Makes a Big Difference
One of the coolest parts of my job is seeing how companies use analytics to drive their business. The term…
Art and Science of Data Visualization
“Data Visualization” has been an extremely active and popular topic for a few years – we can use Google’s Timeline…
Mining for consumer behavior in Tweets
In the previous post we discussed the first steps necessary to understand what consumers write in their Tweets regarding their…
Early Indications October 2010: The Analytics Moment: Getting numbers to tell stories
Thanks in part to vigorous efforts by vendors (led by IBM) to bring the idea to a wider public, analytics…
Seven Questions That Make Analytics Smarter
In a recent discussion at Boston’s Knowledge Management Forum, KM Forum President Larry Chait and Industry Consultant Jack Vinson shared a…
Quality and Governance are Beyond the Data
Last week’s episode of DM Radio on Information Management, co-hosted as always by Eric Kavanagh and Jim Ericson, was a…
Top 10 analytic mistakes
One of my favorite presenters, John Elder, presented his top 10 analytic mistakes at Teradata Partners.
Highlights from Teradata Partners 2010
It’s a sure bet that attendees of the first Teradata User Group, navigating the Riviera Country Club’s lush 18 holes,…
Not your typical financial risk model: A detailed data analysis example
I’ve not done a lot of analysis in the finance industry, and my Google searches didn’t yield helpful insights for…
Top 10 analytics mistakes
One of my favorite presenters, John Elder, presented his top 10 analytic mistakes at Teradata Partners.
