The Rule of Three Works for IT
If you’re a presenter, or simply someone wanting to convey information in a memorable way, you have probably inadvertently or…
Who Owns the Data? Well, It’s Complicated
I don’t know if Edward Snowden – the NSA contractor turned whistleblower currently living in exile - is a hero,…
60 Minutes Got It Wrong: Data Brokers Aren’t Evil
Have you heard of About the Data? It’s a website that lets consumers see what personal data’s been collected and…
Introducing the Big Data MOPS Series
Big data – or whatever you prefer to call it – is a game changer. And not to mince words:…
Beware of Big Data Technology Zealotry
Undoubtedly you’ve heard it all before: “Hadoop is the next big thing, why waste your time with a relational database?”…
When Privacy is Good Business
Big data can be scary. After all, its suggested implications seek to replace human foresight with predictive analyses given that…
2020: US Banks Are Betting Big on Analytics
A recent study by Accenture talks about the future state of banking in US by 2020. Thankfully, the study reports,…
Agile Data Warehousing
I gave a talk on Agile Data Warehousing and met a bunch of great data folks at the recent DAMA Philadelphia…
Big Data = Big Money: The ROI of Business Intelligence
The ‘Big Data’ revolution is here; companies are collecting data on transactions, interactions, and every metric imaginable. However, such undertakings…
State Secrets Laws Inhibit Open Data
In the United States and much of Western Europe, government data, such as economic indicators, government budgets, and agricultural information,…
