by Shlom | Jun 12, 2017 | Advanced Analytics, Big data
No branch of business operations has been more thoroughly transformed by the computer age than finance, the original “data-driven” business discipline. Successive technology revolutions have given rise to Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions...
by Shlom | Jun 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
In George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm there is a well-known quote that sums up the issues tackled in the book: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. In terms of data, this is a truism: all data is equal, but some data...
by Shlom | Jun 12, 2017 | Big data
Figures don’t lie, the old saying, but liars can figure. Put another way, even accurate and honest-in-itself data can be presented in misleading ways to support a less-than-honest result. To protect against data-rich lies, we must learn to understand the...
by Shlom | Jun 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ransomware attacks on computers are increasing, and they can have devastating consequences. Just look at the heart-breaking story of 17-year-old Joseph Edwards, an autistic college student who killed himself after being on the receiving end of a ransomware email...
by Shlom | Jun 12, 2017 | Advanced Analytics, Big data
How many times have you read an article about data quality that uses the phrase “garbage in, garbage out”? It is almost a cliché, but when it comes to big data, there is no other phrase that better sums up the challenges faced by organizations that want to...
