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Register for the first Decision Management Systems Platform Report webinar

February 3, 2012

The first webinar from my ongoing research into Decision Management Systems Platforms is coming up on February 16th at 10am PT – register here  for Four platform capabilities for Decision Management Systems.
This webinar kicks off what will be a continuing series of webinars as our definitive report on Decision Management Systems Technology Platforms comes to fruition [...]

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Check out my Information Management Column

January 17, 2012

I have recently begun writing a column for Information Management magazine and a new one just published. The magazine is now completely online at www.information-management.com/ and you can follow their twitter feed @infomgmt. Here are my columns so far:

Requirements for Advanced Analytics
How to use decision management techniques to effectively gather the requirements for data mining and predictive [...]

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Business rules (Drools) job opening in Ann Arbor

January 9, 2012

A customer of mine is looking for a Drools developer to be based in Ann Arbor, MI:
HealthMedia, a member of Johnson & Johnson’s Family of Companies, is recruiting for a dynamic Java/Drools Developer to join our top-notch software development team, located in Ann Arbor, MI. This talented individual will be building applications using Drools/Java/J2EE (or [...]

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Definitive Report on Decision Management Systems Platforms coming in 2012

December 15, 2011

2011 has been a great year for market awareness of Decision Management as an approach and of the value of Decision Management Systems. Product, partnership, acquisition and funding announcements have enhanced the available technology. As vendors continue to improve and enhance their product offerings to fully support Decision Management this is only going to reinforce and further [...]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud – results available now

November 10, 2011

We have announced the full results of our Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey. The results are available as a white paper and as a recorded webinar – go to smartdatacollective.com/predictive-analytics-cloud to register for all the deliverables. There were some interesting results and I thought I would share a few.

The core focus for predictive analytics, [...]

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Analytics: The widening divide. An IBM/MIT Sloan study

November 8, 2011

I listened in to IBM’s call about their recent analytics study conducted with MIT Sloan – The Widening Divide (available from www.ibm.com/thewideningdivide). This is the second year for the analytics study and surveyed 4,500 people from 30 industries and 120 countries – a very broad view. Three key results:

The competitive advantage created by analytics is [...]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud – Sneak Peek Results

November 3, 2011

We are announcing the full results of our Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey next week (Thursday, 10am Pacific) and will be making the results available also as a white paper at the same time. You can register on SmartData Collective for access to the white paper when it is published and for other deliverables [...]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud – last chance for survey

October 21, 2011

Our Predictive Analytics in the  Cloud survey closes today so this is your last chance to tell us what you think. We’ve had hundreds of replies but we want yours too.Go to smartdatacollective.com/predictive-analytics-cloud-survey to take the survey – should only take you 10 minutes tops. If you started it and never finished, now would be [...]

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Buy my new book – Decision Management Systems

October 7, 2011

My new book - Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics – is officially shipping – you can now order it (rather than pre-order it) at IBMPressbooks.com, at amazon.com or at InformIT.
Build Systems That Work Actively to Help You Maximize Growth and Profits
Most companies rely on operational systems that are [...]

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First results from the Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey

October 6, 2011

We have had great response to our Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey – thanks to KD Nuggets for their support in particular this last week – and I have recorded a podcast with some of the initial highlights. We are leaving the survey open through the end of Predictive Analytics World so you can [...]

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Does IT management think about predictive analytics in the cloud?

October 3, 2011

I have been reviewing the first set of responses to our Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey over at SmartData Collective and there are a couple of interesting demographic notes. First there is a complete absence of IT Management. We have a pretty good sprinkling of IT Executive Leadership – not as many as Line [...]

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New Predictive Analytics in the Cloud deliverable

September 29, 2011

We just posted a second deliverable from the Predictive Analytics in the cloud study. In addition to the position paper there is now a quick introductory webinar. Covering similar information to the position paper with some great case studies, this webinar lays out the key areas of potential for Predictive Analytics in the Cloud solutions.
To [...]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey update

September 27, 2011

Just a quick note to update you on the Predictive Analytics in the Cloud research we are conducting. We have about 100 survey results already and some interesting trends are developing in the results.
Don’t forget, if you took the survey, that the results are anonymous and you need to register at smartdatacollective.com/predictive-analytics-cloud to get the [...]

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Another business rules book, another discount

September 26, 2011

Ron Ross just emailed me and let me know that he has a new book coming out this fall (as do I – Decision Management Systems ships in October). His is called Building Business Solutions: Business Analysis with Business Rules and is an IIBA Sponsored Handbook. He says it’s all about taking Business Analysis to [...]

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CRISP-DM data mining methodology in hypertext form

September 24, 2011

CRISP-DM – Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining – is the best known data mining methodology out there. It’s been around a long time but ownership/management of the consortium that developed it has gotten complex recently (the CRISP-DM.ORG site is down at present for instance but you can get some details in the CRISP-DM Wikipedia [...]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud position paper available

September 22, 2011

The Predictive Analytics in the Cloud research we are conducting is moving on. The survey is open for you to give us your opinion and the position paper is now available. The position paper discusses the value propositions for 5 ways to use predictive analytics in the cloud:

Pre-packaged Cloud Based Solutions
Predictive Analytics for SaaS
Predictive Analytics [...]

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Ready to pre-order my new book? How about a 35% discount

September 21, 2011

Well my new book has shipped to the printers and it should be available in mid-October. The nice folks at IBM Press have set up a 35% discount code TAYLOR4389 and the book is ready for pre-order here on IBM Press. Just go to their site, order the book and enter the code. You can also [...]

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Survey on Predictive Analytics in the Cloud – tell us what you think

September 20, 2011

Decision Management Solutions, the company of which I am CEO, is running a study on Predictive Analytics in the Cloud. Both Predictive Analytics and Cloud are hot topics and the intersection has tremendous potential. Whether it is using cloud-based decision management systems powered by predictive analytics, using the cloud to deliver predictive analytics to SaaS [...]

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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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Update on Predictive Analytics in the Cloud

August 31, 2011

Our Predictive Analytics in the Cloud research is moving forward. We announced this multi-stage, multi-client project a week ago and are busy developing the survey (plan is to launch this mid-September) and the initial position paper. I’ve had some great interviews with our sponsors (Clario Analytics, FICO, Opera Solutions, Predixion Software, SAS, Teradata, and Toovio) [...]

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