Data overlays are perhaps the most insidious of all data warehousing issues. A data overlay is exactly what it sounds like–an existing demographic record with a distinct unique identifier is updated to a completely different demographic record but with the SAME unique
Author: JGoldfed
The story of Watson and the Grand Challenge is pure fascination for tech geeks like me. For those of you who don’t know or haven’t heard yet, Watson is the latest supercomputer from IBM that will use Natural Language Processing (NLP) and
I was talking with my wife Heater about her recent visit to the doctor. It was a routine visit with nothing really new, but when she arrived, the reception wanted to pull up her file and asked her name. “Heather,” she said.
I’m a news junkie, and I recently bought a news application for my smartphone. This app was different than others I had seen in that it used technology that aggregated news feeds, pulling in top headlines not just from one source, but
Artist Pablo Picasso once said, “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” In the days since this famous quote, computers have slimmed down in size, become more nimble in processing speed, and have become mainstays in both corporate and personal
“I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.” — E.J. Smith, Captain of the Titanic, in 1910 “BP Exploration & Production Inc. does not propose to utilize new techniques or unusual
Jim Harris recently blogged The Road of Collaboration in which he makes a case for business and technology sides of a company to come together and walk the middle road towards greater collaboration. Although this joining of forces would be an optimal
Men hate asking for directions. This is a common stereotype often referenced in blogs, books and sitcoms. I’m sure most of us have anecdotal evidence of people who would rather expend the energy driving around in circles rather than take the “easy
IT projects cannot be conducted as a town-hall democracy in which every individual ranging from the highest ranking executive to the lowest menial laborer gets his or her say in the final product. At the opposite extreme, projects should not be funded