Bridging the Communications Gap Between Utilities and Consumers
The ongoing saga of smart meters in California and a recent opt-out ruling once again highlight the existence of a…
Deloitte’s Top Technology Trends for 2011: Data Visualization and Real Analytics
Last week, Deloitte released its annual technology trends report in which it discusses the top IT trends that will impact…
Self-Service Business Intelligence is Catching On — And Paying Off
Today’s line managers need more information and need it faster in order to make complex decisions in real time. This…
Discussing a Proposal for a Decision Modeling Notation
Warning –this is a post about a standards process so there are a fair number of abbreviations – I tried…
Decisions in IBM WebSphere/ILOG BRMS
Christian de Sainte Marie from the ILOG group at IBM presented to the OMG Decision Model Notation day on the…
Enterprise Data Management Fitness – Look Before You Leap
The initial phase of a project should be an assessment. A classic systems integrators’ project methodology will include this phase…
How to Calculate R-squared for a Decision Tree Model
A client recently wrote to us saying that she liked decision tree models, but for a model to be used…
Planning for the turned-around economy? Cloud Computing and SaaS can help.
Though the economy has thrown us a curve ball over the last couple of years, there are indications that the…
From BI to Enterprise IT Integration
Autumn has arrived here in Cape Town and with it a slight chill in the air. In a couple of…