Back to the Future of Business Intelligence
When was the term "business intelligence" first coined? You might assume it was first conceived in the late 1980's; coinciding…
Location Intelligence: Driving Competitive Advantage in the Retail Industry
If you’re in retail, you probably already collect data. Lots of it. You want to know who your customers…
5 Steps To Winning with Analytics: Have a plan
Numerous business leaders have already come to the conclusion that Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics backed by data can lend…
Cliodynamics and Cycles of Violence in the U.S. [Infographic]
After watching this lecture on the Decline of the West it is no surprise that some see conflict as the logical outcome. …
Test, Learn, Adapt: Using Analytics to Improve Public Policy
Ben Goldacre of Bad Science fame has co-written a UK Cabinet Office paper on how to improve government policy through…
Data Visualization’s Final Frontier
Back story Back story35 years ago a mathematics theorist-teacher named Al Inselberg was thinking, "enough of placing data variables on…
Question: Why Are You In Social Channels?
I was moderating a great panel recently at the Inbound Marketing Summit: “How Does Inbound Marketing Affect SCRM?”. The speakers…
A Year On: The Promise of SAP HANA for Big Data Analytics (Part One)
It’s a now a little over a year since SAP launched HANA at its 2011 SAPphireNOW event. And, it seems…
Hadoop pushes, pulls Big Data analytics into mainstream (Part Two)
Did you miss out? It’s ok. We’ll fill you in. Part one of this two-part exploration of Hadoop’s affect on…
