Analytics
Traditional Data Warehouses Can't Do It All
Thoughts on the future of data storage and analytics.
Tag: Hadoop
Thoughts about the distributed file system and my book, Too Big to Ignore.
Big Data
Big Data and Hype: Where Are We Now?
Checking in on its current adoption.
Big Data
Why Big Data Means Big Salaries
Those with coveted data and technology skills will flourish in this new era.
Big Data
Dataviz 101: Who’s Your Audience?
It's critical to think about different personas when solving dataviz dilemmas.
Big Data
Four Big Data-Related Questions
A four-part series on whether organizations need to adopt formal data strategies.
Big Data
Big Data and Confirmation Bias
Tips on overcoming our own foibles and limitations.
Big Data
A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part II
Don't see a documented case study? Big red flag.
Analytics
The Case for Small Data Analytics
Why the emphasis on the Big stuff is often misplaced.
Analytics
Where Platforms and Big Data Collide
Looking at two of the most important concepts in business today.
Analytics
Building a Platform: Big Data Considerations
Organizations that embrace data and analysis will do far better than those that don't.
Analytics
The Myth of the Big Data Switch
People who believe in immediate returns are sorely mistaken.
Analytics
To Store or Not to Store
Strategy without execution is meaningless.
Announcements
The Skinny on My Seventh Book
The cat is out of the bag.
Big Data
The Myth of the Data Scientist
Why hiring one isn't an elixir to an organization's data dilemmas.
Big Data
Four Big-Data Models
There's no one right way to "do" Big Data.
Big Data
Dataviz and Organizational Health
On the importance of seeing potential dangers.
Big Data
On Big Data, Numbskulls, and False Knowledge
Channeling my inner George Bernard Shaw.
Big Data
Healthcare: Ripe for Disruption via Big Data
Maybe Big Data can bring some degree of sanity to an industry sorely lacking it.