Get Data Preparation Right or Prepare to Fail

Oct 02, 2018 by Jeff Cotrupe in All Things B.I.

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As companies hurtle toward the Holy Grail of “analytic insights,” there is just one little roadblock…actually, it is a sizable roadblock: in most cases, the data they are using contains errors and inaccuracies, its formats are inconsistent, and in short, it is unworkable. As a result, companies...

The Impact of AI on Analytics: Machine-Generated Intelligence

Oct 01, 2018 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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We’re at the dawn of a new era in decision making made possible by the intersection of business intelligence and artificial intelligence. 

The Future of Data Warehousing: Integrating with Data Lakes, Cloud and Self-Service

Sep 30, 2018 by Dave Wells in Data Management

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Recent developments in data management—self-service, big data, data lakes, NoSQL, Hadoop, and thecloud—raise questions about the role of the data warehouse in modern analytic ecosystems. Though pundits have declared the data warehouse dead, most organizations continue to operate at least one data...

Glad to join such a distinguished organization

Sep 29, 2018 by Marc-Eric LaRocque in The Analytics Leader's Journey

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I am happy to have joined my colleague, Wayne Eckerson, to lead the Eckerson Group's consulting division, as VP of Consulting. You may know Eckerson Group as primarily a research and thought leadership think tank, but we also help clients modernize their data and analytics capabilities by...

Adulting and Data Science at Strata NYC 2018

Sep 28, 2018 by Stephen J. Smith in Predictive Analytics Trends

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My overall take away from Strata is that our big data and Hadoop friends have graduated from college and have begun adulting. For Strata, this means a shift in focus from technology towards business and other real-world areas like revenue, growth, and profitability. This is a good thing. Big data...