Interview – David Smith REvolution Computing
Here is an Interview with REvolution Computing’s Director of Community David Smith.” Our development team spent more than six months…
How Your Medium-Size Business Can Join the BI Revolution
Earlier this week, I recorded a Webinar with Birst that focused on helping mid-market companies take advantage of BI solutions…
It’s not about the software… but…
I was walking back from the Post Office this afternoon (it's one of those clear, amazing San Francisco days, I…
Why BI Projects Fail and What To Do About it
This session was presented at Mastering BusinessObjects 2009 conference in Manly, Sydney. It covers the six main areas that most…
Why Statistics is the next sexy profession
Google's Chief Economist, Hal Varian, recently said, "The sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians." On the…
BI Team is Integral Part of Green IT Initiatives
Gartner just put out the results of a recent survey that shows more than one third of the respondents plan…
#11: Here’s a thought…
An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on SmartData Collective reveals the following nuggets:The eternal quest: better…
Neil Raden on sporting analogies and IBM System S – Intelligent Enterprise
I have featured Neil Raden’s thoughts quite a few times on this blog. It is always valuable to learn from…
Fill in the blanks: Which X is Most Likely to X?
Business analytics allows organizations to make decisions and take actions they could not do (or do well) without the analytics…
Another Useless Article on How to Conduct Market Research in a Recession
A BusinessWeek article very originally entitled “Using Market Research in a Recession” by Harvard’s John Quelch published this Tuesday, outlines…