The Office of Tomorrow — from 1945

I just stumbled on a 1945 Seagram’s ad describing “The Office of Tomorrow” as part of a great set of illustrations by X-Ray Delta One on Flickr: Key texts: “Face-to-face conferences through television will be held coast-to-coast, and intricate calculations of quotas or sales by territories will be turned out at the touch of an assistant’s finger. Records will appear as if by magic from files automatically operated in the electronic age... [Read More...]

Top BI Events in 2010, Top BI Trends in 2011

Ajay Ohri of DecisionStats.com has posted my email interview on Business Intelligence trends – you can read a copy below. What do you think I missed? Ajay: “What are the top 5 events in Business Integration and Data Visualization services you saw in 2010 and what are the top three trends you see in these in 2011.” Top five events in 2010: (1) Back to strong market growth. IT spending plummeted last year (business intelligence continued to grow,... [Read More...]

IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow in Prague

I attended the IDC BI Roadshow today in Prague, in the Czech Republic. Tom Vavra, the IDC research director for the CEMA region, started off the day with a presentation entitled “The Next Wave of Business Intelligence”. He was under unusual pressure, because (1) his family was in the room, and it was the first time they’d seen him speak, and (2) part of the room fell on another IDC employee in the middle of his speech (he literally “brought... [Read More...]

Business Intelligence Iceland: Skyrr Fall Conference in Reykjavik

It was the Skyrr Fall Conference in Reykjavik a couple of weeks ago, and among the long list of sessions, I covered three topics: An evening executive session on “Why BI Projects Fail and What To Do About It” A vendor-neutral BI Trends keynote “Simple, Seamless, Social, and Strategic” An SAP BusinessObjects breakout session “Information to Insight” Here’s the video of the keynote: All the presentations are available for download... [Read More...]

Presentation: The Future of Business Intelligence

I gave a presentation in Finland earlier this year as part of the Nordic “Butterfly” tour, talking about the future of Business Intelligence: Ever since the first abacus, information technology has been an essential part of delivering timely information, staying accountable to stakeholders, reducing inefficiencies, and flexibility when faced with fast-changing environments. But for the first time in history, consumer technology interfaces have... [Read More...]

Interview with DecisionStats.com

Ajay Ohri of DecisionStats.com has a selection of interviews with people in the BI/analytics space, including James Taylor and John Fox, the creator of R Commander. Here’s an interview he did with me last week covering trends in predictive analytics, cloud computing, social network analysis, etc. Ajay- Describe your career in science from school to Senior Director in SAP to blogger/speaker. How do you think we can convince students of the benefits... [Read More...]

10 Cool Cutting-Edge Technologies And How They Relate to BI?

Each year, Computerworld chooses ten innovative technologies that meet the needs of corporate IT. Here’s a look at how the 2007 Computerworld Horizon Award winners (and honorable mentions) announced yesterday might effect the business intelligence market, sorted by relevance: Highly Relevant Memory Spot. This miniature wireless data chip, 2mm to 4mm square, can be stuck on, or embedded in, any object. Prototypes of the chips can hold... [Read More...]