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Business Intelligence: The Big Picture
There is a lot of buzz about Hadoop, NoSQL, NewSQL and columnar MPP databases. But where is the actual value for businesses? Businesses need to have actionable information derived from their data that...
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The “Big” in Big Data
Over the last year, many industry analysts have tried to define Big Data. Some of the common dimensions that have been used to define Big Data are the 3 V’s, Volume, Velocity and Variety. (Volume =...
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Strata 2012: Data Analytics Transformation Continues
This week, I attended the Strata 2012 conference on Big Data hosted by O’Reilly. The theme was ‘Making Data Work’ and 2000+ industry professionals came to the Santa Clara Convention Center to attend...
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I want control of my BI NOW!
Have you ever needed a business insight right away, but couldn’t get it? If yes then you have an age old problem: No instant access to data in a cumbersome IT controlled environment worsened by a steep...
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Data Anarchy – A real threat to Self-Service BI (Part 1)
In this post series I examine the challenges companies are experiencing while trying to implement self-service business intelligence initiatives through bleeding edge BI tools. Data anarchy is a real...
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Data Anarchy – A real threat to Self-Service BI (Part 2)
HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS? The possibility of Data Anarchy is real. It can creep up on you slowly and overwhelm an IT department easily. While getting out of that mess is a good idea, it is way...
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SXSW 2013: Hot chocolate and the art of Social Media analytics
Swissmiss is what I fix for my son every morning for breakfast. Then came SXSW 2013. @Swissmiss took on a whole new meaning for me. The fusion of high tech and art eloquently presented in Tina Roth...
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Adoption of social analytics beyond the obvious – Are we there yet? No!
Customer conversations at Clarabridge C3 conference last month made it painfully obvious: Businesses are hungry for analytics yet often struggle to see the application of text analytics beyond...
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Predictive marketing: the genie is out of the bottle
Predictive analytics is undeniably key for today’s marketing professional to gain insights that help grow businesses. A recent survey revealed that companies that rate themselves substantially ahead of...
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