Monday, May 25, 2015

Business intelligence must be distributed, says Gartner


"According to research firm Gartner, overly centralised business intelligence (BI) and analytics teams cannot deliver the domain expertise and responsiveness most organisations require. It says organisations should create a two-tier model under which a central team works collaboratively with other teams distributed throughout the enterprise."



http://www.whatech.com/hosted-contact-centre/news/59060-pre514-business-intelligence-must-be-distributed-says-gartner

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Alibaba Analytics from Wall Street Journal

What is a good website (WSJ) that has great company's analytics (Alibaba)?

Alibaba, one of the world's biggest eCommerce networks:


It is competition for Walmart and Amazon.

http://projects.wsj.com/alibaba/

Friday, May 15, 2015

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Microsoft Office Moves Deeper Into Cloud, Mobile


Office 2016 Preview
"In the newest version of its productivity suite, Microsoft is "continuing [our] overall ability to fundamentally change the workplace," explained White. Office 2016, released for preview yesterday, emphasizes teamwork, business intelligence and better IT control."
http://www.informationweek.com/software/productivity-collaboration-apps/microsoft-office-moves-deeper-into-cloud-mobile/d/d-id/1320288

Monday, May 11, 2015

The Data Science Revolution

Fitness trackers today, transportation advisers tomorrow.
"In the next 10 years, we believe that computers will move beyond their current role as our assistants, and become our advisors. "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmidt/the-data-science-revolution_b_7213602.html

Monday, May 4, 2015

'Man cave' in the sky: Space station astronauts get big-screen TV

Even astronauts like big screen TVs.

Wow... a 'rolled-up 65-inch projection screen.'  Now that is a portable unit.


I wonder if they use it any for space shuttle analytics?

And yes, the article below indicates they use it for video conferences.  Way-out cool!

http://yahoonewsdigest-us.tumblr.com/117762195139