Money Out the Window
It’s scary to think about the dollars involved, but with over 70% of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects failing it is surprising to me that more research hasn’t been done it to WHY these projects are dying on the vine. I suppose that in the end, it is just a [...]
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or anything in between or nothing at all, I hope you get the chance to enjoy this time of year with your friends and family members. See you in 2012!
Social data is one of the many new frontiers within the spectrum of Business Intelligence. If you stop and think about the amount of data that Facebook and Twitter generate on a daily or even hourly basis it is staggering! Facebook states it have over 30,000 servers and generates 25 terabytes of log [...]
Lately, I’ve been involved with a lot of discussions about data security, access and personalization of data and reports and the first question I ask is, why? If you are talking about governmental data on prototype weapons or military plans I will accept a stringent need for security, but if you are talking about financial [...]
I participated recently as a panelist in a Business Intelligence Summit at the University of Akron as they had identified a gap that their graduates had when entering the workforce; they had little or no analytical skills when it came to data. The faculty was exploring the idea of adding business and data analytics classes to [...]
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I love music, and I rarely work without it. I use Slacker to build my own radio stations and I invite you to listen in to some of my favorites.
Sunset Strip (80's Hair Metal)
The Spectrum (Adult Contemporary/Rock)
Headbangers Ball (Classic Metal)
Genre Blender (A bit of everything...)






