Organizations today don’t use previous generation architectures to store their big data. Why would they use previous-generation BI tools for big data analysis? When looking at BI tools for your organization, there […]
You’ve done all the right things by following your enterprise vendor selection methodology. You created an RFI and sent it out to all of the vendors on your “approved” list. You then […]
Even though more organizations are attempting to become data-driven, many of them still aren’t able to link data analytics to business outcomes. Some of the challenges are obvious. Others aren’t. Here are […]
Do you suffer from arithmophobia? As you might be able to guess, it’s an irrational fear of numbers. I often get the feeling that some people at work love numbers: They love […]
One of the most entertaining speakers at the recent CAO Summit was Jeff Ma, a group product manager at Twitter. Before joining Twitter, Ma was a successful blackjack player, and was the inspiration […]
This post is a hodgepodge list of what I think of as the IT fundamentals. These are activities tangential to our regular analytics, big data and data science work, but they build […]
By now, anyone who uses data has heard about the three “V”s of big data. Let’s not debate whether there are four or five or 20 “V”s. Whether your concern is millions […]
I’ve been fortunate to complete some big data projects in conjunction with ERP and CRM deployments that have achieved remarkable ROI. Interestingly, my results with Big Data make it all the more […]
I am a bit weird. I love cartoons. I grew up with Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny and The Simpsons. Recently, my 10-year-old has introduced me to shows like Spongebob, Phineaus and Ferb, […]
In this article that I wrote for SearchDataManagement.com, I discuss the fact that as relational database management systems handle more and more data, a strategic approach to data modeling has become vital. […]
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