Big Data Will Make IT the New Intel Inside
Tim O’Reilly famously declared in 2005: “Data is the next Intel Inside.” It well may be that big data—the organizational…
The Trouble with Big Data
Douglas Merrill, former CIO/VP of Engineering at Google, has issued an important warning about big data:
Is it a tech bubble?
Every week a “we are in a tech bubble” article seems to come out in a major newspaper or blog.…
The Evolution of “What is Data Science?”
I’m in the process of researching the origin and evolution of data science as a discipline and a profession. Here…
IBM Will Take Varicent for Sales Performance Management
In an unexpected announcement this morning, IBM announced its intent to acquire Varicent to enter the sales performance management market. For IBM…
Text Analytics in Telecommunications – Part 3
It is well known that FaceBook contains a multitude of information that can be potentially analyzed. A FaceBook page contains…
Componentizing Software
There's a lot of pressure for change in the world of enterprise software, and many would argue that it's much…
Analytics Make Smart Grids Smarter
The advent of smart grid and smart meter technology is changing the utility industry’s business model. As a result, utility…
Platform distribution risks
When your product extends a platform’s functionality, one of the main risks you face is that the platform could embed…
