I recently received a note from my 11 year old son’s maths tutor, which read: “Jack will be covering Data, specifically: collecting categorical and numerical data thru observations and surveys, Constructing data displays including dot plots, column graphs and line...

Self-service BI platforms provide significant benefits, however, they have also contributed to a new trend: the “wild wild west” of proliferating BI silos, inconsistent business definitions, no data lineage, no single version of the truth. “Spreadsheet hell” has been replaced...

To a greater or lesser extent, everyone collaborates. I watch my two-year-old twins collaborate daily. I listen to the “collaborative creativity” within a jazz ensemble. Yet so often in a work context we operate in silos. For decades, the silo...

I was recently asked by a Rocket Software Business Partner, Pentana Solutions, to give a talk on the topic of “Innovation”. Specifically: How do companies promote innovation How do companies create a culture of innovation How do companies prioritise and...

At a Big Data conference recently, IBM presented the following slide: Interestingly, IBM also predicted that 1/3 of consumer data will be stored in the Cloud by 2016, and that 80% of new apps will be distributed or deployed via...

We’ll never live in the Smart Cities of tomorrow if we continue to rely on the technologies and infrastructure of yesterday. Data has surpassed Oil as the world's most valuable asset. 3 out of 4 jobs will soon require some...