Ok, I’m irritated. And it’s not because big data isn’t important, game changing, and disruptive. It is. Many technology leaders are actually big data companies masquerading as search (Google), E-Commerce (Amazon), social (Facebook). To quote Tom Davenport, the father of business analytics, these companies are competing on, and winning with, data. Chartio founder Dave Fowler …
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The Business Idea Way back in 1865, William Shepphard decided to clean up New York City. Literally. He patented (#49,561 to be exact) the “discovery that by the addition of comparatively small quantities of common soap to a large quantity of spirits of ammonia or hartshorn is thickened to the consistency of molasses…” Yes, this …
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By now, we’re sure most of you have installed or at least seen a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL). For reference, it would be the twisty, spiral one in the picture to the left and it’s slowly been replacing Edison’s old standby incandescent lightbulb. In fact, many countries, including the United States, are in the process …
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“According to recent global research by the Aberdeen Group, 57% of business intelligence (BI) projects are delivered late.” – itweb.co.za article. 57%! That is incredible, and not in a good way. The article goes on to explain a bit more, saying that: “64% of business managers have seen their decision window shrink in the past …
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Business Intelligence is a pretty hot topic these days, but let’s face it, the phrase “business intelligence” isn’t very sexy. It’s downright boring. It just sounds dry, even though good business intelligence means profits, which is very sexy. So how can the industry make BI interesting enough so that more than just first year MBA …
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