Understanding Social Personas
In which Jill reveals her secret. (Okay, one of her secrets.) There are some things that only a few good…
The influence of open source on general BI
Until recently, open source solutions were most popular within various developer communities but remained on the fringe of general business…
NoSQL overview for all us “SQL” folks
Brian Aker of MySQL fame gave a 10 minute lighting talk about about the NoSQL movement at the Nov 2009…
Who should be accountable for data quality?
CIO Magazine forum Asking the wrong question Once more this post is inspired by a conversation on LinkedIn.com, this time…
Not All Queries Are Created Equal
A topic with which I developed an obsession in my last few years at Endeca is understanding how to predict…
Social CRM: Take the Leap of Faith
In recent months, several publications, analysts and bloggers have highlighted the importance of Social Media and the need for allocating…
Advancing Corporate Uses of the Internet and Social Networking to Drive Business & Profits
It’s about 65 years since World War II ended and that means major transitions - for many reasons. First, there…
Intelligent Enterprise: You Can Predict that R Will Succeed
Analyst David Stodder at Intelligent Enterprise also noted the activity around R at the recent Predictive Analytics World conference in San…
Applying Behavioral Economics To Retail
Recently, the McKinsey Quarterly published a brief article titled “A marketer’s guide to behavioral economics“. The author recommends four strategies…
Predictive Analytics: 8 Things to Keep in Mind (Part 3)
Theme 3: Integrating third-party data into predictive analysis This is the third installment of the eight part series on predictive…
