Resolving Many-to-Many Relationships
Ever have one of those long, back and forth email exchanges where when you’re done you feel as if you’ve…
First Look – IBM and SPSS
I got a chance to catch up with the folks from IBM/Cognos to discuss their (fairly) recent announcement of a…
Great Examples of US Government BI Transparency
We’re clearly entering a new era in government transparency, and we can hope that allowing citizens to access information interactively…
R makes a T-shirt
Here's a new use for R: designing T-shirts for a band: Despite having a cool name, "The Probable Error of…
New Data Mining Book Out
The new Nisbet, Elder, and Miner book is out now, and has been receiving good reviews on Amazon. A sampling…
Mathematics Invades the Marketing Kingdom
Think marketing doesn’t have much to do with mathematics? Mathematics is giving some companies a competitive edge in better understanding…
Sun and Oracle
The recent acquisition of Sun by Oracle has raised a lot of speculative discussion about the latter vendor’s strategic pursuits.…
Lyza and Tableau according to Mako
Back in February when I heard about Lyza, I thought right away of Tableau. Despite each one’s different strengths in…
A Netflix Prize win is nigh: How they did it
Breaking news: On Friday, Netflix Prize team “BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos” passed the mark, qualifying for the $1,000,000 prize. The team…
Search Innovation: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
It’s unusual for HCIR to make it into the mainstream business press, so I was delighted when Pete Barlas reached…
