Business Intelligence is Unit Testing for an organisation

Apr. 10, 2016 by

Ordinary people have expectations about software defects that don’t match reality.  All software has defects.  Almost no one is even trying to write software that is free from defects.  The

What is Business Intelligence?

Mar. 28, 2016 by

If we’re going to have an intelligent conversation, we need to define our terms.  One term that I use often is a particular challenge: “Business Intelligence” is a buzz-phrase that

Presentation to Wellington AWS Meetup on Kinesis

Oct. 8, 2015 by

A brief summary of my presentation on Amazon Web Services’ Kinesis service to the Wellington AWS Meetup on the Optimal BI blog. The basic problem that Kinesis solves is that in

Working spreadsheets into your Business Intelligence strategy

Sep. 25, 2015 by

Many people love spreadsheets. Spreadsheets empower people to work with data in their own way. Experts can do sophisticated analysis or prepare visually stunning reports. Novices can use the same

You won’t throw your warehouse out when you bring in Big Data

Sep. 15, 2015 by

When I talk about Big Data I regularly encounter people with concerns or delight of changing all of their business intelligence software. There are better and worse tools for every