Business intelligence, analytics, data integration & data warehousing consulting and training. Author of the BI Guidebook - From Data Integration to Analytics.
Many people believe data architecture and information architecture are one in the same. But this misconception has resulted in many poorly designed architectures that don't handle either data or information well. #DataArchitecture#InformationArchitecture https://t.co/86fsiuSnXJ
I'm also quoted in part 2 of this SearchBusiness Analytics article: Evolution of analytics marked by wider dissemination of data https://t.co/ulYLublT71 via @BizAnalyticsTT
SearchBusiness Analytics quoted me in this recent article: Analytics revolution has spread the wealth of information https://t.co/dWL6JS2dbW via @BizAnalyticsTT
@azuresupport#azhelp:I have Azure access through my university BUT previously had a Subscriptions:Azure for Students Starter. It is disabled & not used for 2 years but it is stopping me from creating a SQL db and other tasks
The three states of data -- this short video is from my recent Data Summit presentation Designing a Data Architecture for Modern Business Intelligence & Analytics. Link at the end for the whole presentation. https://t.co/Ah9uuWYPaL
https://t.co/ZtFK4gEr0n unlike other legacy tech titans Microsoft has truly become a competitor to amazon, google and lots of VC funded companies. It’s terrific to see MSFT now versus when they were just a Windows & Office company. Azure, PowerBI and even SQL Server are great.
IBM earnings lag as it tries to capitalize on cloud - CNN https://t.co/4Ugvg7VJ6n It's sad to watch the long-term "decline" of a (former) high tech icon. Still lots of great products and people but legacy momentum seems too much to overcome.
Cisco to Buy Acacia Communications for About $2.6 Billion - WSJ https://t.co/oahonRK2m0 Congrats! 2nd acquired company that its founders built. I see their offices from my desk as they are in the same mill complex (DEC's former headquarters in tech history) as our offices.
IBM Completes Red Hat Deal — the Largest Software Acquisition Ever - Barron's https://t.co/hNM8GSlGeO Financial engineering did not help IBM's long-term prospects. Maybe short-term this helps numbers but long-term GOOGL, AMZN & MSFT are not getting knocked off by IBM.
I'm quoted in this SearchBusinessAnalytics article: The direction of business intelligence is changing to forward. Predictive analytics will be one of the key trends shaping the next generation of business intelligence platforms, as will the ability to... https://t.co/rfK2rD3Bbh
Google Cloud, Informatica Team Up to Tame Data - WSJ https://t.co/8mWnKxLxv8 Google moving in Azure & AWS direction of more extensive data, integration, analytics platform. Not good news for legacy IT mega-vendors.
Cloudera Struggles Highlight Rapid Rise of Public Cloud - WSJ https://t.co/tE7a9BLrPQ Cloudera (+ Hortonworks) & MapR has the market, hype & profit left them behind?