http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/ Trying to understand the intersection between business and technology Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Why scanning more data will not (necessarily) help BI – PEG Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:12:35 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/#comment-897 [...] pointed out the other day, that we seem to be at a tipping point for BI. The quest for more seems to be loosing its head of steam, with most decision makers drowning in a [...] [...] pointed out the other day, that we seem to be at a tipping point for BI. The quest for more seems to be loosing its head of steam, with most decision makers drowning in a [...]

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-906 andymulholland Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:52:22 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/#comment-906 the challenge is that the term semantics itself isn't well defined and as such thats not a lot of help! and of course leads to the red rag to a bull when introduced into a discussion. what i am finding difficult is to figure out in a practical sense how to make this a workable capability as my fear is otherwise we will see enterprises trading with two completely different data sets supporting their actions the challenge is that the term semantics itself isn't well defined and as such thats not a lot of help! and of course leads to the red rag to a bull when introduced into a discussion. what i am finding difficult is to figure out in a practical sense how to make this a workable capability as my fear is otherwise we will see enterprises trading with two completely different data sets supporting their actions

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Peter Evans-Greenwood Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:13:12 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/#comment-905 I like the concept of people and computers sitting on either side of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_objects_in_Harry_Potter#Pensieve" rel="nofollow">pensieve</a>, drawing from it the thoughts and memories they need. Rather than formal semantic-driven approach, though, I'm more inclined to use a pattern recognition and/or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsumption_architecture" rel="nofollow">subsumption</a> approach. The information we're dealing with is to unstructured to sit well with formal ontologies (as they really don't cope with large numbers of exceptions), so it would be more pragmatic to find and extract the features we're after (a process) rather than try and establish an semantic mapping. I like the concept of people and computers sitting on either side of the pensieve, drawing from it the thoughts and memories they need. Rather than formal semantic-driven approach, though, I'm more inclined to use a pattern recognition and/or subsumption approach. The information we're dealing with is to unstructured to sit well with formal ontologies (as they really don't cope with large numbers of exceptions), so it would be more pragmatic to find and extract the features we're after (a process) rather than try and establish an semantic mapping.

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-891 andymulholland Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:52:22 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/#comment-891 the challenge is that the term semantics itself isn't well defined and as such thats not a lot of help! and of course leads to the red rag to a bull when introduced into a discussion. what i am finding difficult is to figure out in a practical sense how to make this a workable capability as my fear is otherwise we will see enterprises trading with two completely different data sets supporting their actions the challenge is that the term semantics itself isn't well defined and as such thats not a lot of help! and of course leads to the red rag to a bull when introduced into a discussion. what i am finding difficult is to figure out in a practical sense how to make this a workable capability as my fear is otherwise we will see enterprises trading with two completely different data sets supporting their actions

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Peter Evans-Greenwood Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:13:12 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/#comment-889 I like the concept of people and computers sitting on either side of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_objects_in_Harry_Potter#Pensieve" rel="nofollow">pensieve</a>, drawing from it the thoughts and memories they need. Rather than formal semantic-driven approach, though, I'm more inclined to use a pattern recognition and/or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsumption_architecture" rel="nofollow">subsumption</a> approach. The information we're dealing with is to unstructured to sit well with formal ontologies (as they really don't cope with large numbers of exceptions), so it would be more pragmatic to find and extract the features we're after (a process) rather than try and establish an semantic mapping. I like the concept of people and computers sitting on either side of the pensieve, drawing from it the thoughts and memories they need. Rather than formal semantic-driven approach, though, I'm more inclined to use a pattern recognition and/or subsumption approach. The information we're dealing with is to unstructured to sit well with formal ontologies (as they really don't cope with large numbers of exceptions), so it would be more pragmatic to find and extract the features we're after (a process) rather than try and establish an semantic mapping.

]]> http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-888 andymulholland Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:04:34 +0000 http://peter.evans-greenwood.com/2009/12/16/is-bi-really-the-next-big-thing/#comment-888 As ever Peter a really interesting set of observations; as part of trying to get to grips with the topic of semantics and more importantly its use and value. i have started to try to see data as a layer between computers and users. The computers reach up into the data layer and required it to be structured for their use, whereas the users reach down into the layer and are looking for it to organized contextually for their use. Think of it as event driven context versus report driven structure, and the question is how to use the same data in both environments. That's where i am hoping to be able to see how to use Semantics in a meaningful way to try to get the focus and not to have to boil the ocean! As ever Peter a really interesting set of observations; as part of trying to get to grips with the topic of semantics and more importantly its use and value. i have started to try to see data as a layer between computers and users. The computers reach up into the data layer and required it to be structured for their use, whereas the users reach down into the layer and are looking for it to organized contextually for their use. Think of it as event driven context versus report driven structure, and the question is how to use the same data in both environments. That's where i am hoping to be able to see how to use Semantics in a meaningful way to try to get the focus and not to have to boil the ocean!

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