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Why AngularJS? Why now?

May 6, 2015 | Applications, Blog, Enterprise Java, Perspectives, Portals

Should we use AngularJS? Should we use it now? In light of the announcement by the AngularJS team to release AngularJS 2.0 as a total rewrite, it is a valid question to ask: Should we build new applications on AngularJS 1.x? And given that 2.x is not... read more

Delivering Your Enterprise: Process

Feb 26, 2015 | Blog, Perspectives

This article is part of an ongoing series. See the blog entry Delivering Your Enterprise: The ilities for an overall discussion. Process. It’s wonderful for the people who define it and somewhere along the spectrum of obnoxious, confusing, and comforting for... read more

Top 10 Things to Know Before Starting Statistical Analysis

Oct 22, 2014 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Data Warehousing, Perspectives

1. There are two primary techniques used in today’s statistical world a. Descriptive techniques describe and summarize data b. Inferential techniques allow us to estimate and draw conclusions about populations from samples 2. Data can be formally categorized in three... read more

Delivering Your Enterprise: Freshness

Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, Perspectives

This article is part of an ongoing series. See the blog entry Delivering Your Enterprise: The ilities for an overall discussion. I’m about to give away one of my secrets. I probably shouldn’t, but as long as you promise to not tell anyone else, I’ll... read more

Delivering Your Enterprise: Usability

Jun 29, 2014 | Blog, Perspectives

This article is part of an ongoing series. See the blog entry Delivering Your Enterprise: The ilities for an overall discussion. I have to admit, I’ve been putting off discussing Usability because, well, I wanted the information to be usable. Like user interface... read more

Delivering Your Enterprise: Adaptability and Maintainability

Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, Perspectives

This article is part of an ongoing series. See the blog entry Delivering Your Enterprise: The ilities for an overall discussion. We’ve all been on projects where management stood up and announced some variation of “The project is running late – we... read more

Delivering Your Enterprise: Security

May 23, 2014 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Perspectives, Portals

This article is part of an ongoing series. See the blog entry Delivering Your Enterprise: The ilities for an overall discussion. Ah, Security. It’s one of those things most of us don’t think about until there’s a catastrophic failure. It’s a... read more

Delivering Your Enterprise: The ilities

Apr 30, 2014 | Blog, Enterprise Java, Perspectives, Portals

Recently I was thinking about how I describe to others what our group does on a daily basis. Perhaps it’s my background with startups, but I’ve long felt that having a good elevator pitch for yourself or your company increases your ability to communicate... read more

How Stale is Your Data Warehouse?

Feb 11, 2014 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Databases, Perspectives

This is an important question that anyone responsible for a data warehouse should ask periodically and with some frequency as well. The following table will give you some concrete ideas on what to look for and how to use the metrics. The details of how you collect... read more

Economic Principles for BI Programs

Jan 7, 2014 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Perspectives

Economic considerations are at the heart of any business decision. They not only affect how we implement business intelligence (BI) solutions but also what we can do—and we give up other opportunities in the process of doing so. Here are three principles I have... read more

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