Oracle Financials Is in the Cloud
Like most vendors of on-premises ERP and financial management software, in moving to the cloud Oracle has focused on developing…
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Takes New Role: What Does it Really Mean?
On Sept. 18, just prior to Oracle's Q1 FY15 earnings announcement hitting the wire, the company made an announcement about…
SAP Buys Concur for $7.4B for Travel & Expense SaaS
German software giant SAP has been looking for ways to bolster its cloud revenues. Recent reports say that SAP's vision of…
Watson Analytics: The Data Scientist Accelerator
On Tuesday, September 16, at Times Square New York, IBM announced the forthcoming release of its Watson Analytics platform. This freemium…
The Demise of the Data Scientist: Heresy or Fact?
As an avid practitioner of data science, I purposely try to read articles that provide new learning and knowledge in…
How Do I Become a Data Scientist?
Last week, I shared a framework to help you answer the question, “Should I become a data scientist (or business…
The Perfect Storm: Service Aggregation, Automation and Management
As the Founder and CEO of CloudFX, I’ve been dedicated to truly understanding the state of IT in the APJC…
What Are Analytic Marketplaces? [VIDEO]
The Naked analyst Episode 9 looks at the best places for analytic competitions. Here are my top 4 sites. They range…
What Does the Regression Model Indicate?
I just returned from two of the best marketing research conferences out there, ESOMAR and WAPOR, and was flipping through…
5 Technology Trends for the Financial Industry
Let’s face it: the financial industry isn’t exactly the most innovative in terms of embracing emerging technologies. Growing regulations and…
