As I’ve pointed out before (possibly as I’m quite fond of games{{1}}) the game of enterprise IT has a long an proud history. I’ve also […]
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Decisions are more important than data
Names and categories are important. Just look at the challenges faced by the archeology community as DNA evidence forces history to be rewritten when it […]
Continue readingInformation overload
We’re drowning in information, as I’ve written about before, both in the context of Business Intelligence and Innovation (whatever that is). An interesting blog post […]
Continue readingIs BI really the next big thing?
I think we’re at a tipping point with BI. Yes, it makes sense that BI should be the next big thing in the new year, […]
Continue readingWorking from the outside in
We’re drowning in a sea of data and ideas, with huge volumes of untapped information available both inside and outside our organization. There is so […]
Continue readingUsing what you have
All too often companies miss opportunities because they can’t make connections between the things they already know. There’s a well traveled story about a clothing company […]
Continue readingInside vs. Outside
As Andy Mullholland pointed out in a recent post, all too often we manage our businesses by looking out the rear window to see where […]
Continue readingHave we really understood what Business Intelligence means?
Andy Mulholland has a nice build on my value of information bit over at Capgemini’s CTO blog, flipping the sense of the figure and showing […]
Continue readingThe value of information
We all know that data is valuable; without it it would be somewhat difficult to bill customers and stay in business. Some companies have accumulated masses of data in a data warehouse which they’ve used to drive organizational efficiencies or performance improvements. But do we ever ask ourselves when is the data most valuable?
Continue readingThe problems we’re facing
Companies are engaged in an arms race. For years they have been rushing to beat competitors to market with applications designed to automate a previously […]
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