James Serra: Myths of Modern Data Management

Apr 05, 2018 by Wayne Eckerson and Henry H. Eckerson in Secrets of Data & Analytics Leaders

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In this podcast, Wayne Eckerson and James Serra discuss myths of modern data management. Some of the myths discussed include ‘all you need is a data lake,’ ‘the data warehouse is dead,’ ‘we don’t need OLAP cubes anymore,’ ‘cloud is too expensive and latency is too slow,’ ‘you should always use a...

SAS Operationalizes Data Science

Feb 23, 2018 by Stephen J. Smith in Predictive Analytics Trends

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I recently spent two days at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida to hear from SAS about their latest and greatest product improvements and their strategy. The analyst conference showed some excellent progress from SAS in terms of providing tools to operationalize data science. This blog contains...

Lenin Gali: Past and Future of the Cloud and Big Data

Feb 12, 2018 by Henry H. Eckerson in Secrets of Data & Analytics Leaders

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In this episode, Wayne Eckerson and Lenin Gali discuss the past and future of the cloud and big data. Gali is a data analytics practitioner who has always been on the leading edge of where business and technology intersect. He was one of the first to move data analytics to the cloud when he was...

Big Data: Does Size Really Matter?

Oct 11, 2017 by DeWayne Washington in All Things B.I.

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When it comes to big data, does size really matter? How does the size of the data impact development and users if at all?  

How to get Fired as a CIO: 12 sure fire ways to get yourself canned

Sep 22, 2017 by DeWayne Washington in All Things B.I.

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For those CIOs that are tired of their jobs, and are just bent on fixing that issue, use these 12 simple steps to relieve you of that pain.