Category Archives: Analytics

Analytics: The Next Wave

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

Speakers at the SDForum analytics conference last Friday on the Stanford campus made clear that the next wave of analytics brings with it exciting new opportunities. And here are the keys elements that make this next wave so exciting: New … Continue reading →

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Data Management in the Cloud

Posted on July 23, 2010 by

Daniel Graham of Teradata spoke Tuesday evening at the SDForum BI SIG on the topic “Data Management in the Cloud.” See my article summarizing his presentation. It’s interesting to compare his presentation with that of Donovan Schneider from Salesforce.com, who … Continue reading →

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How to Measure Anything

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

I’ve recently read and want to recommend Douglas W. Hubbard’s How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of “Intangibles” in Business (2007). The book’s central premise is that anything can be measured and that any measurement, even a very imperfect … Continue reading →

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Real-Time Analytics at Salesforce.com

Posted on May 28, 2010 by

Learn how Salesforce makes BI real time. Donovan Schneider, Principal Architect at Salesforce.com, gives the inside story at the SDForum BI SIG.

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