The investment in analytics has accelerated. In fact, for most organizations the investment in analytics has outpaced the investment in data management. Organizations have been in an ‘arms race’ to fuel their digital transformation with Next Best Action, Next Best Experience, and Next Best Offer analytic engines. Most have received mixed results. Insights have been... more
I experience Deja-Vu every single time I visit a CIO, VP IT or Analytics at a manufacturing organization. Then again, it does not really matter what industry the client operates in. The Deja-Vu has to do with the appearance of one or two staffers, often organizationally situated in the Line-of-Business IT function of a core... more
It’s snowing everywhere! Even though it’s almost spring, big beautiful snowflakes are swirling about everywhere! Are you seeing flurries outside your window? If you’re like other customers, Snowflake may be at the center of your new cloud analytics initiatives. Customers select Snowflake for its modern, built-for-the-cloud SQL data warehouse, zero management and ‘pay only for what... more
In some parts of the world, like in California, it’s officially Spring time. And if you’re like me, you’re planning your trips out to the nearest national parks, where you’re likely to see snow melting into fresh streams of water. Ahh the sight, the sound, and the motion of streaming water – feeds your soul... more
“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink” goes the oft-repeated line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” The same could be said about the challenge of finding relevant data in a sea of data as enterprises embark on digital transformation of their businesses. Digitization of business is leading... more
Great software and great sports teams share many things in common, chief among them: they both seek to build a roadmap for sustained success. But, a majority of technology products and sports teams tend to hover on the borderline of average to mediocre. If we think of sports teams, very few of them achieve sustained... more
Panic ensued in the Sanyal household last Saturday when my daughter’s MacBook stopped working. Life, as we know it, came to an end. And so, I did what any reasonable parent would do: wrote her a $3,000 check to buy a new laptop. Okay, I know you may be ROFLing, so settle down—I was just... more
Spring is just around the corner. Spring is the period between spring equinox and summer solstice. The equinox is the time Sun’s center crosses Earth’s equator – which means you would see sun rising exactly from the east and setting exactly in the west. And this celestial alignment results in equal length of day and night... more
Ergotron is a leader in the digital mounting technology industry, with a clear mission: “To use ergonomic and human-centered design principles to build kinetic work environments that help our customers thrive.” Ergotron’s focus on its customer’s health, comfort and ultimate success has extended beyond its products and led to its journey to improve their customer’s... more
There’s a lot of industry talk and customer movement towards analytics modernization. After all, analytics is the proverbial rubber hitting the road when it comes to data answering business questions and guiding business decisions. The analytic visuals are critical to understanding, the sliders key to finding outliers, and mobility essential to answering business questions when... more