How to Succeed at Business Intelligence

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I recently read a discussion from the CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network group on LinkedIn called What’s missing from Business Intelligence? (Please note you will need to have a LinkedIn account and be a member of this group to view the discussion for yourself) The conversation was kicked off with a claim that 54% of [...]

The Unstoppable Partnership Between Man And Machine

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In a recent blog post, Andrew McAfee suggests a model for developing superior business processes may have been discovered in the world of chess. In 1997, IBM created a computer that was able to beat the world champion Garry Kasparov for the first time and it only cost them $10 million to do it! Today, [...]

Cheat Whenever Possible

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As a database developer, I normally focus on data structures and code, and not on database administration. Recently, I worked on a small project where I had to take on the database administration role as well. As such, the project reached a point where I had to make a backup of the data mart I [...]