Big Data and Analytics – Suggestions to Approach
There has always been an opportunity to create big data. There have also always been opportunities for prediction based analytics…
Analytics at Google: Great Example of Data-Driven Decision-Making
Google is a company in which fact-based decision-making is part of the DNA and where Googlers (that is what Google…
SAP Goes Social
It's turning into a big news week for enterprise social network (ESN) software, first Yammer's 1st user conference, YamJam12, and…
Start-up? You Should Start with a Big Data Mindset
BY EDWARD BOUDROT BY EDWARD BOUDROT Big Data can come in small packages How can a company leverage data across multiple sources…
When Performance Metrics Attack: Complete, Agile BI Requires Going Beyond Just the Numbers
I'm currently reading Howard Schultz's Onward: How Starbucks Fought for its Life Without Losing its Soul (2010). Schultz compellingly conveys…
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…
Back to the Future of Business Intelligence
When was the term "business intelligence" first coined? You might assume it was first conceived in the late 1980's; coinciding…
DARPA Awards Contract for Humanoid Robots, How to Hack the Curiosity Mars Rover, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:A U.S. federal…
Ya Can’t See the Forest Through the Trees
I was talking with a doctor on the train the other day who was complaining about the current state of…
Text Analytics Is Hard (That’s What She Said)
You think math is hard? Hah. At least in math, there is a clearly defined right answer, unless you’re talking…
