IBM: Numerati paradise
It's been about three weeks that I've been "covering" IBM for BusinessWeek. I haven't done any articles yet, but I…
Government IT Savings Success – Time to Open the Piggy Bank…Carefully
Australia's Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner recently heralded the Gershon Review and resultant reforms by Federal Government as a success. A…
Validation, Correction, and Conversion: Presenting the PMML Converter!
PMML, the Predictive Model Markup Language, is the de facto standard to represent predictive models. With PMML, models can be…
PMML and Open Source Data Mining – Predictive Analytics on the go!
Open source tools provide a cost-effective, yet powerful option for data mining. The following contenders adhere to the PMML standard…
San Diego Forum on Analytics — review
I just got back from the half-day Forum on Analytics in San Diego, and included a keynote by Wayne Peacock…
“Storage Dreams” and the greatest things since sliced bread!
Last week I attended the 16th Annual Computer Old-Timers Lunch, and it always provides an opportunity to reflect on the…
Wolfram Alpha Revisited
Back in May of this year I took a look at WolframAlpha in my blog Is WolframAlpha The Next Big Thing In…
In-Database analytics: Teradata and SAS lead in speed by ‘thinking inside the box’
Too many companies think slow -- outside the data warehouse box -- when it comes to advanced analytics. Despite the…
Twitter and Text Analysis to Help You Surf Through Traffic
The first official SAP iPhone application is already available on iTunes. Unfortunately, it’s probably not much use to you unless…
Decision Mashups
Last week I presented my thoughts on mashups at the Data Warehouse 2.0 Asia Pacific Summit. I talked mainly about…
