Excel in Small, Medium and Big Data
Easily the longest running discussion I have seen, and participated in, on LinkedIn in the many BI/analytics and big data related groups is the role of Excel and spreadsheets (is there another? Oh,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Looks like the Comeback Kid at the Natick Mall
Minutes before the grand opening A couple of decades ago Microsoft was well known for this sort of thing: Launches so pumped up with energy, smiling, cheerleading and execution by Microsoft employees...
View ArticleBig Data Go Public Watch – GoodData Good to Go?
As venture capital sources for big data start-ups continue to spread beyond NorCal, we will increasingly see next gen Data Economy start-ups cropping up in places other than San Mateo and San...
View ArticleSlaughterhouse Tech: Talking SMAC About PCs and Asia
Note: QuinnSight is posting over at Horses for Sources, check out the original here! Slaughterhouse Tech: Talking SMAC About PCs and Asia Read ‘em and weep; despite a day where the Dow reached...
View ArticleFoundationDB and Starcounter Show ACID Back in Vogue
Speed in the world of database management software has never gone out of style. Vendors of all stripes continue, as they have for decades, to sashay benchmarks down the runway, and whisper into the...
View ArticleThe Microsoft CEO’s Job of Removing Elephants
What goal and characteristics should Microsoft consider for their next CEO? How would a new CEO’s excellence in reputation management and telling a story of innovation help Microsoft’s long-term...
View ArticleOracle Database Too Big to Fail?
I can’t remember how many times I have attended Oracle OpenWorld, and even was one of the many Oracle hosts at several, including in faraway places like Beijing. They all merge together somehow in my...
View ArticleTaking an In-memory Database Grain of Salt
I admit to being fascinated by the current war of words over in-memory databases between Oracle and SAP. But fortunately, unlike the war of words about the shutdown of the USA government, the...
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