Is Machine Learning v Domain Expertise the wrong question?
KDNuggets had an interesting poll this week in which readers expressed themselves as Skeptical of Machine Learning replacing Domain Expertise. This…
Three Points on Small Data and Data-Driven Decisions
This week business analytics guru Tom Davenport (author of Analytics at Work, 2010, and Competing on Analytics, 2007) published an…
Big Data Hype is an Opportunity for Data Management Pros
Big Data is a hot topic in the data management world.
DIY Culture: Should Non-IT Employees Be Compensated for Building Apps?
A new survey from QuickBase, a unit of Intuit Inc. finds that nearly one in five information workers at mid-size…
Tips for Managing Priorities in a Data Team
We work with a lot of different Data Teams, and most of them are faced with the same challenge: How…
Technology Bracketology Round 2 (…and Round 1 Results!)
While you guys were watching #15 seeded Lehigh spank #2 seeded Duke this weekend, we were keeping our eyes on…
The Emerging Role of the Chief Data Officer and Data Scientist
One of the most innovative topics at Carahsoft’s Government Big Data Forum was the panel on “The Emerging Role of…
It’s Time for a New Definition of Big Data
Two words seemingly on every technologist’s lips are “big data”. The Wikipedia definition for big data is: “In information technology,…
