Dirty Data Lakes and Dubious Analytics

Jan 22, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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We have entered a period of history where information has become super-abundant.It would be wise, to consider all the ways this information can be misinterpreted or abused.Through ignorance, so-called confirmation bias, intention to deceive, and a dozen other causes, we can mislead, be misled, or...

Analytics, Automation, Profit and Employment

Jan 22, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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Why, oh why does the relationship between analytics, automation, profit and employment seem to elude so many people?A nicely rounded post by Scott Mongeau, “Manager-machine: analytics, artificial intelligence, and the uncertain future of management”, from last October came to my attention today...

Information Architecture and the Human Dimension, Part 1

Jan 22, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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Information and data—two words we use almost interchangeably and without agreed definition in the IT industry. Add architecture, management or governance to either or both of them and the resulting cognitive dissonance can reach fever pitch. Speak to anyone in the business about some or all of...

BI Benefits in Reach for SMBs, But Some Effort Required

Jan 22, 2015 by Lyndsay Wise in Midmarket Analytics

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Successful BI for small and midsize businesses isn’t just about implementing software. They have work to do before deployments to make sure systems will be readily adopted and produce valid results.The business intelligence (BI) market is flooded with software packages targeted at small and...

No more shortcuts: Sound data quality strategy a must for BI success

Jan 22, 2015 by Lyndsay Wise in Midmarket Analytics

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In the past, companies might have gotten away with not building data quality efforts into business intelligence programs. That's less likely now.As business intelligence and analytics adoption expands within organizations, there's a natural push from business users to add more types of data from...