Business (NOT) as Usual: 3 Big Business Intelligence Predictions for 2015
Each year, I work with dozens of clients in a quest to help them effectively implement their Business Intelligence systems. …
Cyber Security: Locking Out the Grinch from Your Application Network
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Before…
Employee Analysis: How Growth in Employee Strength Relates to Profits
In this article, we will perform some analysis on the employee related metrics from the top tech companies. All of…
Changing Your Mind About Big Data Isn’t Dumb
After all the hype about big data and its mental cousin Hadoop, some CIOs are getting skittish about investing additional…
How Data Visualization Can Benefit SMBs
Data visualization is a term mostly associated with big brands and corporations. Companies like Target, Deloitte, GitHub and Time Warner…
Storytelling with the Sounds of Big Data
Trying to internally “sell” the merits of a big data program to your executive team? Of course, you will need…
Spotlight on SiSense: BI Without the Bandwidth
I was at DataWeek/API World in mid-September 2014 (last week at the time of this writing) and saw some interesting…
Is Big Data the Silver Bullet for Advanced Supply Chain Analytics?
Leveraging “Big Data” is coming up more and more as a “must have” in conversations I’m having with clients and…
CAPEX Deferred Eventually Makes the Company Sick
Wall Street analysts keep waiting for companies to spend money upgrading their infrastructures, but they shouldn’t hold their collective breath. …
Don’t Let Internal Obstructionists Derail Your S&OP Initiative
I recently ran across an article by Tracy Parsons where she identified obstructionist within an organizations as people who are…
