Banks, Risk Disclosure and Text Analytics
A UK-based MSc student of Kingston Business School - Christos Gkemitzis- had an idea for his MSc project which immediately…
The Data-Decision Symphony
As I have explained in previous blog posts, I am almost as obsessive-compulsive about literature and philosophy as I am…
Learning about data warehousing for mid-sized companies
My focus on the mid-market has caused me to speak with and work with companies looking at business intelligence from…
Video: Oh, the Data You’ll Show!
In May, I wrote a Dr. Seuss style blog post called Oh, the Data You’ll Show! inspired by the great…
“Some is not a number and soon is not a time”
In a true story that I recently read in the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard…
Gathering BI/DW requirements
There was a great article this week over on the Requirements Network – Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence Requirements Elicitation.…
Failing to Address Data Quality and Consistency – A Series of Unfortunate Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Events
If data warehouses could talk, they might say “Don’t shoot me, I am just the messenger!”
The Real Data Value is Business Insight
Understanding your data usage is essential to improving its quality, and therefore, you must perform data analysis on a regular…
Data Quality doesn’t matter (much)!
While touring in New Zealand to talk about my new book, I had the opportunity to do an interview on…
It’s time to industrialize analytics
There's a lot of talk about advanced analytics these days - the use of data mining and predictive analytics is…
