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Thoughts on the Science and Business of Data
The Future Evolution of Software
I've been thinking lately about where software has gone in the last few years, and where it might go in the next. I tried to identify some … [Read More...]
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Jason Kolb is developing advanced
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The Fundamental Shift in BI & Analytics
I'm probably biased because I'm working on this problem, but I think there is a fundamental change coming in business intelligence and analytics. And I think I've only heard one company talk about it: Google. I try to keep an eye on new BI companies and products, and there are some really great … [Read More...]
Data as a Renewable Commodity and Profit Center
One of the reasons I love data is because there's so much potential for mining real value from it, especially when you combine it with other, new data sources. In fact it acts a lot like a traditional commodity such as copper or wool in that someone produces it, and then someone else buys the raw … [Read More...]
Data Relationships 2.0
One of the most under-appreciated tools of the last decade is Yahoo Pipes. If you've never seen it, it allows you to wield together different data feeds like RSS and do some cleansing operations on them, spitting them out as a unified data feed on the back-end. It also makes it so easy that a … [Read More...]
A Different Way of Thinking About Data
I think that at some point in the near future the tools we use to consume data is going to change completely and totally from what we've grow accustomed to. They simply won't be able to sift through the sheer volume of data that is being generated (which is only increasing). Eric Schmidt recently … [Read More...]
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