Category: Thoughts
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On The Nature of Reported Truth
Despite all the data available in the world, it can still be hard to find out the “truth” — what can we do about that?
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Happy Halloween!
It’s pumpkin time! Have a happy Halloween…
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Branding Isn’t About Being Cool On Social Media
Branding is not about advertising, celebrity actors and cool tweets. It’s about providing what the customer wants.
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Is SAP HANA a Luxury?
For SAP, it may be a billion-dollar question: is HANA a luxury like a Porsche or a Dior Dress? Or is it simply a better approach that could and should be appropriate for all SAP’s customers?
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The Way Forward is Simple
The biggest barrier to business innovation in today’s world is IT complexity — but new technologies make it easier to “run simple”
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Thoughts on Business Innovation in Croatia
I presented at the SAP Forum in Zagreb this week. Here is a Q&A with my answers to questions from SAPMag Croatia.
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The First Ever Business Intelligence Project
In the buzz around Big Data, it’s worth remembering that analytics is as old as business computing itself. In 1953, LEO (short for Lyons Electronic Office) was the first computer in the world used to manage a business – and for the first ever analytics applications.
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No, Hadoop Isn’t Going To Replace Your Data Warehouse
The data says that Hadoop isn’t going to replace your enterprise data warehouse. Here’s why.
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What You Need to Know About Cloud Analytics
If you are an analytics professional, then cloud analytics is in your future — here’s what you should know
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Thoughts on The Future of Hadoop in Enterprise Environments
Here are some thoughts on “the elephant in the room” — how Hadoop will fit in with enterprise architectures in the future.