by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Sep 23, 2013 | BI Strategy, Big Data
In the age of big data, the world’s most successful companies will be data-driven enterprises. That is to say, data will be hardwired into their decision-making through automated processes that enable them to move with great speed and agility. To reach this level of...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Sep 17, 2013 | BI Strategy, Big Data
Big data noise has reached the point where most are reaching for the ear plugs. And with any good hype bubble, the naysayers are now grabbing attention with contrarian positions. For example, The New York Times expressed doubt about the economic viability of big data...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Sep 13, 2013 | Data Analysis, Data Visualization
Data visualization has come a long way. From simple cave drawings depicting the success of a hunt to the intricate dashboards we have today connecting to millions of rows of data. It’s always good to know where you came from in order to better understand where you are...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Sep 10, 2013 | Big Data, Data Warehousing
Expectations from organizations have changed the demand for data. The change requires organizations to gather and manage very large data sets – terabytes and petabytes of data – for processes and near real-time analysis and predictive analytics, and is due, in part,...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Sep 5, 2013 | Big Data, Data Analysis
Allow me to take a contrarian view to the rapid interest in applying analytics. Have we seen this kind of story before? Is there a rush to judgment that analytics is the elusive cure-all magic potion or panacea that management has been seeking in order to achieve...
