My ‘Data’ Is Hot!
I run regularly and a lot of my runner friends are hugely turned on by personal metrics with GPS enabled…
Big Data and the Perception of Privacy
On Feb 17, 2012, I had the pleasure of participating in SMG’s Ignite-style Social Media Week Toronto Event. The Ignite…
Visier Workforce Analytics After the Show
I am pleased to have this opportunity to share my experiences of participating in the 8th HR Metrics and Performance…
The Data War Room
The 1993 documentary The War Room tells the story of the 1992 US presidential campaign from a behind-the-scenes’ perspective. The film shows…
Back to the Future: Moving forward by revisiting the past
As I am about to embark on the bi-annual Teradata User Group tour (and hope to see some of you…
Why BI-COE: Struggling to justify ROI?
Current BI landscape is cluttered with too many tools and technologies. The plain vanilla BI deployments rarely produce desired results.…
SDC @ Strata – Edd Dumbill – Rockstar Unicorns
Edd Dumbill of O'Reilly, creators and hosts of the Strat Conferences, opened the day saying, "Companies are asking, 'How do…
How to Begin Analyzing Social Media
For many companies social media monitoring still represents a number of challenges. There are just so many conversations, so many…
Update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum
With this post I provide an update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum, sponsored by Carahsoft.