The Data Analytics of the NFL Draft
Today is a big day for all you football fans and data geeks. Are you ready for the NFL draft?
This year's draft features more...
How To Develop A Top-Notch Data Warehousing System
Unlike just a few years ago, each of us generates a “ton” of data every day.
Almost everything we do generates date including surfing the...
3 Ways HR Analytics Can Boost the Bottom Line
Human resources touches every department across a company, and people are often a company’s most valuable – and expensive – asset.
Why, then, do so...
Blame It on Ted
Imperfect data – A historic perspective
Our world of computing in 1969 was very different from today. In 1969, Dr. E.F. (Ted) Codd published his...
Living in the Cloud: Cool vs. Critical
The critical elements you need to fully understand before living in the cloud are the physical attributes of the cloud center: staffing, patrols, power,...
Infographics Get Pinned on Pinterest
If you haven’t given much thought (yet) to Pinterest, that’s not surprising.
Although the three-year-old social media site has become wildly popular over the past...
Are You Asking the Right Questions with Predictive Analytics?
Predictive analytics can help companies forecast business results with stunning accuracy – for example, how a particular group of customers might react to a targeted...
You Had Me at, “Would You Like a Grande Latte?”
My local Safeway isn’t what I would call a very modern store. And the employees are either high-school kids bagging groceries and collecting carts,...
From the Experts: 3 x 3 Tips for Implementing an Agile BI Strategy
Sometimes when you want answers to important questions you have to ask the people who’ve been there, done that.
And that’s exactly what Michael Schmier...
Using Analytics to Stoke Innovation
Forward-thinking companies are gathering, analyzing and acting on information that’s coming to them from multiple inputs, including social, mobile, email, chat, call center, operational,...