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First Look – KNIME Analytics Workbench update

January 23, 2012

KNIME is an open source data analytics product based in Zurich, Switzerland that I last wrote about a couple of years ago. They have been working away on the product since then (having started development in 2004 and released their enterprise components in 2010) and have been refining their business plan at the same time. [...]

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Keynote: The Intelligent Enterprise:From BI to Predictive Analytics with Decision Management

January 19, 2012

[ February 9, 2012; 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] I am giving the closing keynote on day 1 of Predictive Analytics and Business Insights 2012 in San Francisco on February 9th at 3:30pm. I will be speaking on “The Intelligent Enterprise: Utilize decision management to move from Business Intelligence to Predictive Analytics” and attending the networking reception afterwards. Other speakers at the event include Saum Mathur – Vice President, [...]

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Here’s how focusing on decisions aligns analytics and business

January 17, 2012

In a recent article over on All Analytics – Analytics-Business Alignment Needs Work – Beth Schultz discussed a set of Gartner predictions written up by Doug Laney. In particular she highlights Gartner’s finding that companies
cited …aligning BI initiatives with corporate strategy and objectives nearly three times as often as they called out technology-related issues
This is [...]

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First Look – Quiterian

January 10, 2012

Quiterian is a Spanish company with offices in the US, Mexico and Europe. Quiterian Analytics aims to be complementary to traditional tools for reporting by helping companies get more value from their data sooner. In particular they aim to help companies anticipate the future by providing simple to use predictive analytics and by empowering users while [...]

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First Look – Talend

January 5, 2012

Talend has been around for about 6 years and the original focus was on “democratizing” data integration – making it cheaper, easier, quicker and less maintenance-heavy. They originally wanted to build an open source alternative for data integration. In particular they wanted to make sure that there was a product that worked for smaller companies [...]

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First Look – Spotfire 4.0

November 14, 2011

I got a quick update on Spotfire 4.0 recently (announced today – I last reviewed Spotfire in February). This release was aimed primarily at getting analytics to a wider audience through analytic dashboards and social collaboration. As we all know, many people work with others in different locations and time zones. This requires strong context [...]

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Analytics Keynote #iod11

October 24, 2011

Deepak Advani kicked off the first day’s analytics keynote by noting the number of different analytics communities that are now part of IBM – Cognos, SPSS, Algorithmics and more. Analytics, he says, is a broad change that is just beginning and will impact everyone. Rob Ashe followed and made the point that the opening keynote [...]

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Opening Keynotes at #iod11

October 24, 2011

Jeff Jonas‘ great ad for analytics, talking about crossing a road as an analogy for the power of predictive analytics, kicked off the first real content of the keynote. Jeff talked about enterprise amnesia, the challenge of enterprises being unable to process all the data they have flowing in. Jeff uses a puzzle metaphor and [...]

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Pervasive BI: Top Factors for Success

September 19, 2011

Brian McDonough of IDC talked about the drivers for pervasive BI in organizations. He identified various metrics for measuring pervasiveness. Each of these could be assessed (from beginner to expert for instance) to see how well an organization is doing.

Data Update Frequency
Percent of Power Users
Degree of Internal Use
Degree of External Use
Analytical Orientation
Number of Domains

IDC found [...]

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Trends in smarter business analytics

September 19, 2011

Don Campbell, CTO Of IBM’s Business Intelligence group, presented on trends in smarter business analytics. He sees four focus areas – improving customer understanding, optimizing real-time decisions, better enterprise visibility and improved collaboration. All underpinned by managed, trusted data. IBM’s customers tell them that the 3 big challenges are

A lack of understanding of how to [...]

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New research council being launched

September 9, 2011

I am a faculty member for the International Institute for Analytics and we are launching a new research effort – the IT Analytics Research Council. Here’s what the official promotional text says:
The International Institute for Analytics (IIA) uses an experience-based research approach to uncover “what’s working” and more importantly “what’s next” in the area of [...]

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Decision Management related events Fall 2011

August 23, 2011

This is an update of an earlier post on Decision Technology Events for October 2011
There are a number of great events related to Decision Management themes and technology platforms this Fall.  Here’s my list so far:

Computerworld BI & Analytics Perspectives 2011, 18-20 September, Phoenix, AZ @BIAPCW
I am giving the opening keynote “From Business Intelligence to Predictive [...]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud

August 23, 2011

We announced are newest research today – Predictive Analytics in the Cloud. This is a multi-stage, multi-client project that will run over the next few months. We’ve had strong interest and have a great set of sponsors that should be familiar to readers from our First Looks – Clario Analytics, FICO, Opera Solutions, Predixion Software, [...]

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SAS Forum Netherlands 2011 Keynote – Transforming your business with analytics

August 22, 2011

[ October 5, 2011; 5:00 am to 6:00 am. ] I am giving a keynote on “Transforming your business with analytics” at at SAS Forum Netherlands 2011 on October 5, 2011.

The power of analytics lies in its ability to transform decision-making. Focusing on decisions, especially on operational decisions, focuses advanced analytics to drive measurable business results. By delivering the right action at the right time, [...]

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First Look – JMP Pro

August 10, 2011

I got my first look at JMP recently. JMP originally stood for “John’s Macintosh Project” apparently but is now a major business unit of SAS that has operated independently since 1989. It has about 180 employees and 250,000 users worldwide. The product has long since supported both Windows and Mac platforms and is a full [...]

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First Look – IBM InfoSphere

August 3, 2011

I got an update on IBM InfoSphere recently. InfoSphere handles information integration, master data management, lifecycle management, privacy and security, warehousing, big data (as described here in a previous post on IBM’s Big Data platform).
Independent integration is the challenge that IBM sees as being at the heart of data and information management. They define integration [...]

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Computerworld BI Keynote – From Business Intelligence to Predictive Analytics

July 25, 2011

[ September 19, 2011; 8:45 am to 9:30 am. 8:45 am to 9:30 am. ] I am giving the opening keynote at the Computerworld BI & Analytics Perspective Conference on September 19 2011.

The data you have, the way you analyze it, and the way you act on this analysis drives better business outcomes. To make the most of your data you need to do more than just adopt predictive analytics [...]

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Social Media Analytics with IBM

June 2, 2011

IBM sees Social Media Analytics as part of Customer Analytics rather than as a separate category – the reason for analyzing social media is to better understand customers and what they are thinking. It is not enough, says IBM, to understand and analyze social media. This understanding must be integrated with other kinds of analytics [...]

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IBM and delivering differentiated client value

June 1, 2011

IBM clearly realizes that people, process and technology all must go together to deliver value. This means that clients need both software and services and was the subject of this next session.
Business Analytics and Optimization is a segment that crosses hardware, software and services at IBM. IBM is committed to growing this business from over [...]

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IBM Analytics customer stories

June 1, 2011

A number of customers participated in a panel of analytics success stories. Each one was interesting and powerful in its own right and each prompted a Decision Management suggestion for someone at that stage in developing and deploying analytics.
Argos Risk is a web-based online subscription risk management service. Argos offers actionable risk insight for business [...]

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