Business Intelligence Meets (and Beats) PacMan
This very interesting article from CNN’s Fortune BrainStorm Tech makes a great analogy between the advances in video gaming technology and the advances in...
Preview of Predictive Analytics World Tradeshow
Spotfire is one of many companies participating in Predictive Analytics World, taking place February 16 – 17, 2010 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This two-day event focuses on examples of deployed predictive analytics.
Conferences for CEP and rules, 2010… (updated)
Time to start the 2010 list of "interesting" CEP and rule-related conferences...so far I have 4 5 on the list, covering 2 3 weeks...
The joining of BPM and CEP?
There has been a whole bunchload of speculation and hype following the latter of the 2 BPM vendor takeovers at the end of 2009...
When Data Analytics Reveals Unexpected Details: Surprises Exist – Good and Bad
With the same devastating honesty of a pre-schooler or a mother-in-law, analytics and business intelligence are telling us that we’re not as “green” as...
Knowledge-based Event Processing
Re-reading a past blog by Paul Haley (reknown for his natural-language based rule engine work) reminded me about the increasing correlation between "knowledge processing"...
In-Memory Business Intelligence: Using Predictive Speed as a Competitive Advantage
On January 15, Network Computing delivered a cover story entitled, “Next-Gen BI is Here” In this article the author points out the components making...
Intelligence Lessons in Afghanistan – Business Intelligence in Action
“Meaningful change will not occur until commanders at all levels take responsibility for intelligence.” We would argue that you could change the work “commanders”...
Watch Patterns Emerge Before Your Eyes With Data Analytics
Seeing is believing. It’s true with data analytics and even more powerful when you can “see yourself” -- or a subject that affects you...
Haiti disaster, charity, and false-positives in fraud detection
I was listening to a BBC radio article last weekend about how some attempts to donate by debit or credit card to charity sites...