What is The ROI of Ignorance?
It’s easy to say “you shouldn’t do a business intelligence project without an ROI case.” It is possible to build BI ROI cases (typically involving estimates of percentage improvements in part of a business process thanks to better information). But (beyond simple efficiency savings) they will always involve a certain leap of faith – because you don’t know what you don’t yet know. But choosing not to know... [Read More...]
The BI ROI Conundrum
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Follow the Leader…
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Building an ROI Case for BI? Step 1: Get the Data (Oops)
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Cartoon: Coming To A Keynote Near You
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What is Big Data?
This is. (More serious answer after). What does Big Data mean? (1) The current use of the term big data took off because it was used to refer to new technologies like Hadoop and MapReduce (2) Most definitions refer to the data characteristics outlined by analyst Doug Laney in 2001: the 3Vs: extremes of volume, velocity, or variety (other Vs sometimes evoked include Validity or Veracity for data quality, and the importance of business Value). Wikipedia’s... [Read More...]
The Peril of Analytics (Cartoon)
Analytics has always been dangerous for a certain type of middle-manager… Note: feel free to use this and my other cartoons in your presentations/blogs, etc, but please keep the “timoelliott.com” text, and I always love hearing how people are using them, so please drop me a line if you do. Share and Enjoy Read More →
Social Network Analyzer Download Available
The Social Network Analyzer prototype unveiled in a previous blog post was available on demand. It can now be downloaded and used within your own organization (or even just on your PC) from the SAP Innovation Center site. Enterprise social network analysis is clearly an essential part of getting a real return on investment on Web 2.0 technologies within organizations — something that has so far proved difficult. Today, the “way organizations... [Read More...]
That’s the Whole Point (Cartoon)
Thanks to Michael Thompson for the (real) customer quote! Share and Enjoy Read More →
Extreme Twitter (Cartoon)
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