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Data Scientist, Analytics Guru, or Math Geek?
Analytics Challenge — California physicians group Heritage Provider Network Inc. is offering $3 million to any person or firm who develops the best model to...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:32 PM
Business Intelligence Center of Excellence (BI CoE)
A good decision,  made in the absence of knowledge,  is merely a lucky one. The biggest change facing corporations is the explosion of data and tools. The o...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:33 PM
Mobile BI – Business KPIs and Dashboards "On the Go"
Business intelligence (BI), and information management, is a natural fit for mobile devices. Managers, blue and white workers, today spend a majority of the...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:34 PM
Hidden Trends in BI – Part 2
Predictive Analytics for the masses seems like the next wave beyond the “BI for masses”.  Predictive Analytics / Data Mining as a technology has been availa...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:34 PM
A phased approach for business value planning of IT Services – Part 2
In the last post, we have discussed the first two of five phases in business value computation of IT Services. To recap, the five phases are: Phase-I: Bus...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:35 PM
Hidden Trends in BI – Part 1
Although “information enabled decisions” is a philosophy that has been discussed and promoted widely in the recent times, it has not yet become the mainstre...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:36 PM
Gartner's BI Market Predictions – "Round up the Usual Suspects"
According to a new Gartner report, the software market for business intelligence, analytics and corporate performance management grew by 13.4% in 2010 to $1...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:36 PM
Harry Potter, The Elephant, The FBI and The Data Warehouse
In the ancient Indian parable of the elephant, six blind men touch an elephant and report  six very different views of the same animal. Compare this scenari...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:38 PM
A phased approach for business value planning of IT Services – Part1
Business value planning of IT Services can be conducted in a phased approach. Depending on the organizational culture and IT maturity, the time for each pha...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:38 PM
Measuring IT Services for success: A LOB-CIO conversation
In the earlier posts I have explained how three attributes namely: Impact, Effectiveness and Availability can be used to measure the value of each IT Servic...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 12:39 PM