Data is Cool Again
The arrival of "big data" has rejuvenated an industry that had lost its cool. Database connectivity and management software has…
Infochimps’ New CEO on What’s Next in Big Data
Jim Kaskade’s crystal ball shared with him recently a list of upcoming big data acquisitions: EMC will buy MapR, Oracle will buy Cloudera, and Teradata will…
Beyond BigData, the Shift To Decision Management w/ James Taylor
From Data to Decisions - The Shift To Decision Management From Data to Decisions - The Shift To Decision ManagementOrganizations…
Top Business Intelligence dashboard design best practices (Part One)
Don’t you hate it when people gripe, whine and bemoan but don’t offer a solution to the source of angst?…
Why Context Matters – Forget Real-Time, Achieve Right-Time
The Real-Time Hype Is Filled With FlawsThe hype around big data, social media, and mobility has many folks imagining the…
The Right Stuff: Final Episode in the “Potholes of BI” Series
Thanks to inputs from more than a dozen BI experts at QlikTech, during the last couple of weeks I’ve written…
Protecting Public Data
Public data, the data that government makes available to the public, is at risk. Wait a minute, what about all…
BI Dashboard: Tips for Learning to Use the Tool
When you start to learn how to work with the BI Dashboard tool – the blank slate can be the…
Ending the American Community Survey: Privacy is Not the Issue – by Virginia Carlson
How do we as a nation know who we are, what areas are prospering, who is in trouble, where we…
New Technology Is Not an Easy Button for Big Data
It is good to remember in today’s hype-filled big data world that there is no “easy” button for big data.…
