If your organization is in the business of supplying data—either to internal or external customers—it’s likely that your business is rapidly becoming commoditized. There is so much data in the…

There is a lot of chatter these days about analytics related to social phenomena: social media analytics, social network analytics, etc. My impression (after talking about it with some folks…

About 20 years ago, there was a movement afoot in the IT industry called “Information Engineering.” Promulgated by vendors and consultants—at first those trying to sell to the government, and…

Cindi Howson has a new report out about the importance of interfaces to BI tools.Cindi does good research, and I don’t disagree with her methods or conclusions. However, it’s worth…

How will financial services organizations handle complex analytical decisions in the future?Our financial institutions made decisions about their operations and customers is at the heart of the financial crisis we’re…