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Big Book of AgileData Ways of Working

I am focussing my writing time on creating the “Big book of AgileData Ways of Working”

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What makes a data warehouse die?

There have been a few different threads for me over the last couple of weeks all around what makes a reporting platform survive and thrive or die. A data warehouse by any other name (By reporting platform I mean data warehouses, analytical data marts, operational...

TDWI Putting the BI into BA and the 3 e’s

As I have blogged before I am a great fan of classifying what we deliver as a company by the 3 e's of Expertise, Experience and Efficiency. For me its a very simple way to focus a discussion on whether the thing we are taking to market will be "cheaper & faster",...

Visualising your Linked in Network

I attended a 1/2 day seminar last week all about visualisation, presented by Neil Fraser from Macquarie University. Great session with lots of tit bits that were both interesting and informative. One of the areas he talked about was the visualisation of linkedin...

SUNZ preso’s have been popular

A few years ago when I first left SAS and started up OptimalBI, I took on the role of chairperson for the SAS New Zealand User group. As part of that role I started uploading the excellent presentations from each years SUNZ conference to slideshare. I had forgotten...