In this article I describe a method of modelling data so that it meets business requirements. Central to this method is modelling not only the required data but also the …
It’s Time To Stop Treating End User Computing As Antisocial Behavior
End User Computing (EUC) is, in my experience, usually regarded as a sordid and unsavory activity that respectable members of the enterprise should not indulge in, and which in an …
Analytics In A Changing World
Analytics has been making an impact in organisations around the world for decades, but the approach to exploiting the potential of analytics has often been disjointed, focused in areas such …
Data Science for Grown Ups – How to Get Machine Learning out of the Lab to Scale It Across the Enterprise
The Data Lab Trap Have you ever wondered why so many Internet companies use algorithms across their core business processes to drive automation and constantly optimise their business while your …
Are We Entering The Last Chapter Of The History Of Analytics?
This week I gave a TED style presentation on the History of Analytics to a bunch of our Digital Solution Architects… 20 minutes, a whiteboard, and the truth, what’s not …
Are You Making an IMPACT?
If you are not making an IMPACT, what’s the point in doing? This was the question Nigel Risner posed at the Annual BDIA Conference in June. How often do you …
Happy Birthday Data Warehouse—Thirty Today!
Well, perhaps not exactly today! But, it was way back in 1986 when I and colleagues in IBM Europe first defined a data warehouse architecture for internal use in managing …