Sunday, February 28, 2010

Stuff that kept me informed these past few weeks February 16-25 2010

Twitter-esque Blippy asks, `What are you buying?'


ESJ.COM: IDC Predicts Strong Growth for Cloud-Based Analytics


Virsto Tackles Storage Virtualization


InfoWorld review: Databases primed for social networks


Time to Rethink Web-Based SOA?


EPIC Takes Buzz Privacy Battle to FTC

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69364.html


EMC Upgrades Atmos Cloud Storage


10 Cloud Computing Trends That Are Rapidly Catching on


Informatica Pushes Database Archiving into the Cloud


Google Did Not Anticipate Buzz Privacy Backlash


RIM Saves Bandwidth For Future Generations


Oracle set to merge Java virtual machines


BriefingsDirect analyst panelists peer into crystal balls for latest IT growth and impact trends


EPIC files privacy complaint against Google Buzz


Goodbye, Google Buzz
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/893890/5553367/55195/0/


Google Buzz: Then and Now
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/893890/5553367/55211/0/


Web 3.0: The Dawn of Semantic Search http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/homepage/2010/0210a/rW_CO_Web3.pdf


OpenLaszlo: Rapidly Build and Deploy Rich Internet Applications
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-openlaszlo/
http://www.openlaszlo.org/


SOCIAL CONNECTOR USHERS MICROSOFT INTO SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOL FRAY
http://go.techtarget.com/r/10918102/2433922


SaaS takes on business intelligence


The ROI of High-Quality Decision -- Driving Gut Feel


A round of musical chairs in the identity arena


Why Google Buzz confirmed our two worst fears about Google


Future of data analysis is in tools for humans


DataFlux Launches Single Platform for Enterprise Data Management http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4186239&access=EH


Context Optional Launches Social Marketing Suite http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4188358&access=EH


Gartner lists 3 challenges for rebounding Teradata


Global CIO: Oracle Needs More Than Ellison's Talk To Beat IBM's Systems


Upstarts Keep Data Warehousing Competitive


Netezza Intros Entry Level Data Warehouse Appliance


Taser Builds Cisco-Based Data Warehouse


Cisco And HP Split: A Timeline To Divorce


Aster Blossoms


BriefingsDirect analyst panelists peer into crystal balls for latest IT growth and impact trends


The Informatica Event


Sentiment Metrics Launches an Industry First in Social Media Engagement Capabilities http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4188942&access=EH


Jaspersoft's Open Source Community Drives BI Innovation, Represents the World's Largest BI Ecosystem http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4190301&access=EH


Vertica Broadens Reach of its Industry Leading Analytic Database with Version 4.0 http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4190581&access=EH


Oracle's Ellison Reaffirms Rapid Profitability For Sun


Microsoft Continues to Spread

Open-Source Love


Aster Data 4.5



Analysis: What Oracle-Sun Means for BI and DW

Informatica Ups the MDM Stakes

Q&A: Closing the Customer Feedback Loop


IBM Scientists Use Analytics to Break Traffic Gridlock With Personalized Trip Information http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4192497&access=EH


Attensity Group Launches New Social Media Customer Intelligence Solution, Attensity Analyze for VoC Community Advantage http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4192567&access=EH


SAP Integrates Its On-Demand BI Solutions


David Intersimone: The end of SQL and relational databases? (part 3 of 3)


SaaS takes on business intelligence


Twitter users send 50 million tweets a day


Social CRM: Walk Before You Run
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69422.html


NEW ONLINE MARKETPLACE COULD BOOST DATA INTEGRATION APPLICATIONS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/10947482/2433922


ParAccel Database Update to Focus on Analytics, Performance


11 Answers to "Why Isn't My BI Application Useful?"


Best in BI? Ask the Crowd


Onwards and Upwards


Is ERP as we know it dying?


Ten of the World's Strangest Social Networks


Do we need a social media 'operating system'?


SAP Rolls out SaaS BI for 'casual Users'
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/902010/5553367/56767/0/


Yahoo Competes for Social Web with Twitter Tabthan
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/902010/5553367/56770/0/


Teradata Extreme Data Appliance Dramatically Impacts How Companies Analyze Archival Data http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4193009&access=EH


SAP Unveils On-Demand

Business Intelligence Toolset


DataFlux Data Management Platform


Netezza Advanced Analytics

Upstarts Keep Data Warehousing Competitive


MICROSOFT'S MUGLIA BRINGS 'CLOUD COMPUTING FOR DUMMIES' ON STAGE
http://go.techtarget.com/r/10947332/2433922


Location-Aware Social Nets: Lights On, Nobody Home
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69424.html


IBM scientists use analytics to break gridlock
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29506.wss


SAS and IBM on BA and BI

Goodnight on BI and Analytics


Is Google the new Microsoft?


'Business architecture' helps leaders decide on and execute changes at the new speed of business


IBM Releases Cognos Analytics Upgrades


Who Meters the Cloud?


James Taylor: Article on Decisioning and Process Management

Joe McKendrick: SOA Roundup: App Stores, Cloud Knowledge, Service Centicity, Events

Janne J. Korhonen: Paradigm Shift in IT: Implications of Service-Dominant Logic

Scott Cleveland: Performance Management & BPM

David Linthicum: Making Data Integration a Priority

Phil Wainewright: Putting Collaboration in Context

Brenda Michelson: Force.com + Visual Process Manager = Vanilla Layer Cake Theory

Mike Pascucci: Twitter for Business

Nari Kannan: The True Secrets of Agile Development

Andre Yee: Why Google Buzz Will Succeed (Or Why Google Wave Didn't)

John Goodson: Good Things Are Usually Expensive: MDM Case In Point


IBM Acquires Intelliden


Web Data Services in the Real World
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69342.html


Data Quality for Operational BI


IDC: Data Warehouse Shakeup


SGI offers supercomputing as a service


DBMS Vendors Likely to Get Scrappy in 2010
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69358.html


ORACLE DESPERATELY SEEKING CLOUD CRED
http://go.techtarget.com/r/10896345/2433922


How Do We Define a "BI Vendor"


Information Management and Integration


The ROI of High-Quality Decision Management Practices


Greenplum Software and BeyeNETWORK Release MAD Skills Analytics Survey Results http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4185717&access=EH


Microsoft Outlook Becomes Social Hub


Microsoft - still relevant, but no longer dominant (redux)


Oracle making new push into social services software


On Gartner's Data Warehousing Quadrant


What's the Deal with Private Clouds?


Open Source Choices

ROI Calculations Are a Joke


Can Microsoft Catch Up by Giving Away Azure?


QlikTech Launches 'Change Their World' Program Offering Free


QlikView Analytics Software to Organizations in Need

http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4186272&access=EH


ESJ.COM: IDC Predicts Strong Growth for Cloud-Based Analytics


Java Scalability Provider Terracotta Partners with Eucalyptus Cloud Platform


THE FUTURE OF BI RESTS IN PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
http://go.techtarget.com/r/10905105/2433922

Aweekstweets Feb 15-28 2010 having dug out from a three-foot deep pile here is another

Here's one such photo I took with my cameraphone this morning. The longest are at least 10 feet: http://tweetphoto.com/12878223 7 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Best photos of the Steamboat Grand superlong icicycle spikes are from the corridor outside #sas summit rooms. Check my photos on Facebook 10 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Today's gentle snowfall, peekaboo sun, generally calm winds, quiet Steamboat streets, Rocky Mt majesty made it special. Egidia & I loving it 13 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Enjoyed latest Winter Olympics. Great competition & drama all around. Minimum of nationalistic nonsense, which tends to pollute proceedings 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck

Social Network Mgr Designed (http://bit.ly/9xtHnD): JK--Remains to be seen whether such initiatives worsen or alleviate social media glut. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

"Facebook's news feed patent may be 'game changer'" (http://bit.ly/bK9RVv): JK--Or litigation magnet, like Amazon "1-click shopping" patent about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck

"Data data everywhere" (http://bit.ly/chNbLv): JK--Google Varian predicts stat analyst "sexiest job." We will pump u up w/ 6-pak algorithms! about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck

Lovely pleasant day and night here in Steamboat Springs. Deep snowpack with fresh stuff expected Sunday. Everybody's in good spirits. about 23 hours ago via TweetDeck

Loved Dan Jansen's slo-mo video-based analysis last night of Apolo Ohno's crouch, motion, strategy. Brilliantly spot-on speedskating physics 11:18 AM Feb 27th via TweetDeck

Visually surveying the gate at MPLS for familiar analysts connecting to Hayden/Steamboat for #sas. Must be some easterners like me here. 10:59 AM Feb 27th via TweetDeck

Looking forward to seeing @Claudia_Imhoff @bevelson @merv @bitterer @lcecere @rwang0 @AlanWebber @paulhamerman at #SAS this weekend 10:57 AM Feb 27th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: In the Sun by She & Him #KEXP: JK--Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward: radio-friendly lite-pop: why no mainstream airplay? 2:16 PM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

In hi-tech, "traditional" means "last year"; "mainstream" means "this year"; "bleeding edge" is "next year"; and "futuristic" "2+ years out" 2:15 PM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

Interesting how many app pros refer to "SAS programmer" almost as generic term: a predictive modeling pro (regardless of PA-DM tool vendor). 1:51 PM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

@packerh Updating the #Forrester EDW Wave in Q4 of this year. 1:44 PM Feb 26th via TweetDeck in reply to packerh

Hear me present webinar w/ #oracle on "Achieving Extreme Performance in Your DW" (http://bit.ly/d7IZas), Thurs Mar 4, 12noon-1pm (EST). 11:11 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

Hear/see me speak on self-service BI next Wed, Mar 3, Houston, SAP Solutions Tour 2010 #SAPSolTour. Register here: http://bit.ly/aOLnII 11:08 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

Took quick F2F demo from Psydex yesterday on sol'n for real-time search, discovery, pred analytics against unstructured. Powerful dashboard! 11:04 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

SAP Customer jam with us! Forrester's SAPJamsession series for SAP customers. #SAPJAM Dialin March 22-25 at 11am ET http://bit.ly/bHATTJ 10:59 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Jackson by Johnny Cash #KEXP: JK--Johnny's ode to my birthplace, site of Southern Michigan Penitentiary. ;-) 10:46 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

Prepping for roadtrip: SAS analyst summit (Mon-Tues, Stbt Spgs CO), SAP roadshow speech (Wed/Houston), Oracle webinar (Thurs/fr home office) 9:15 AM Feb 26th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Tennessee by Harper Simon #KEXP: JK--Way cool new country song from musician son of the guy who once teamed with Garfunkel 10:04 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Interesting. Several analysts I respect professionally have DM'd re better sex lasting longer. They use the same exact phrases. Coincidence? 9:58 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Overwhelmed by industry fads, I relax thinking about all the buzz that's comfortably dead. BTW, this my first online mention of Paris Hilton 9:57 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Case management: bureaucracy's beating heart. I coined that phrase today. Rather proud of it. 9:55 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

#Forrester @drnatalie makes best ROI calculators. Definitely fine art. Let no one tell u ROI calc is bunk. Best ones shape big investments 9:49 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Developed adv analytics piece of Forr ITF preso w/ Le Clair. Dynamic case mgt uses adaptive process dashboards, inline pred proc models. 9:48 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Today was tricky choreo. Dry-ran webinar w VdrA, then face2face brief fr VdrB, then tconf consult call w VdrC. In my home office. No breaks. 9:48 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

My DW vdr SWOT analyses come in handy. Keep them updated. Freshest take on newest appliances. Til I update Forr EDW Wave later this year. 9:47 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Mr. Record Man by Willie Nelson #KEXP: JK--Excellent early Willie: 1961. I also love his early LP "Face of a Fighter." 9:37 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

When I find radio station that plays classic country music, I stay tuned in for as long as signal lasts. Nothing's better on road trips. 8:35 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

To say analytics run on metadata a bit like saying cars run on refined petroleum. Precision engineering & human steering count for something 8:26 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

@bevelson #BI And, of course, Kapow takes issue with both of those ways of characterizing what they offer. They're Web data services ++ 8:19 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck in reply to bevelson

Here's a teaser: [vendor who's supposed to brief me now] offers "open-source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database." 12:05 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Come on [vendor who's supposed to brief me now]!!! Dial into your own conference bridge so we can get started. No, I won't name you. 12:03 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

I forget names. I forget version numbers. I forget what city I'm in. Either effects of aging, or of analyst lifestyle on analyst brain. 12:00 PM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

@paul_a_barsch But, of course, customer started out with a common misperception. It'll be better for Teradata when not always on defensive. 10:47 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck in reply to paul_a_barsch

Hoping Twitter introduces anti-spam/anti-hack filter; have to manually delete the "haha this you" DMs; get sick of seeing them in TweetDeck 8:35 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Did another customer inq where stated that today's Teradata is not old Teradata: definitely in the DW industry ballpark on price-performance 8:33 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

Curious whether people's eyes dart and shift more rapidly through their immediate visual field (i.e., computer screen) while multitasking. 7:13 AM Feb 25th via TweetDeck

For such large, complex, dynamic, innovative, competitive mkt, data mgt is fairly tight/distinct community/culture. TDWI events are reunions 9:28 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Get Behind The Mule by Tom Waits #KEXP: JK--No finer gutbucket-postmodern-bluesman-actor dude alive now. 9:00 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Haha. That not me!!!! This me!!!! To the left of this tweet, dumb-aut! 8:46 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: 44 Blues by T-Model Ford #KEXP: JK--Artist apparently tempting car-company lawsuit, suggests John Lee Hooker doing Susie-Q 8:43 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Suzie Q by Precious Bryant #KEXP: JK--Lady I've never heard of does acoustic, suggests younger Melissa Etheridge. Great! 8:41 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Suzy Q by The Excellos #KEXP: JK--New group. Indestructibly cool classic rock song. Nice touch of harmonica and 60s garage 8:39 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Susie Q by Creedence Clearwater Revival #KEXP: JK--Northern Californians who conjured steamy delta vibes brilliantly! 8:35 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Susie Q by Dale Hawkins #KEXP: JK--Early ancestor of swamp rock. Cousin of Ronnie Hawkins. Producer of "Judy in Disguise"? 8:34 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Sorry couldn't make it to IBM Pulse Mandalay while in Vegas for TDWI up at Caesars. Heard that Pulse had some interesting cloud discussions. 8:21 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

No photo, but saw Bill Clinton close-up at Rao's/Caesars/LV last night. Us having analyst dinner w/ Kalido. Clinton at own non-TDWI party. 8:18 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

BTW Twitterers...watch out for the "haha This you????" hack attack going around via DM. No, I didn't/won't click/spread it. 2:36 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Annoying how former cable/satellite TV provider harasses u to come back, as in "we ignored u while we had u but now we can't live without u" 2:35 PM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Many thanks to the fine people of the TDWI community. An excellent Vegas event this year. 6:40 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Composite Software remains the go-to data federation/virtualization vendor to partner with. Bob Eve always has good stuff to share. 12:32 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Teradata discussed so many upcoming announcements in such detail that I can't wait to get their slides--and to tweet it alll when time ripe. 12:30 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

SAS DataFlux briefed me on new integrated data management platform, and alignment with SAS' in-database analytics push. Very impressive! 12:29 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Interesting that Craig Stedman of TechTarget shares my musical tastes to an exquisite degree. He even knows Pere Ubu & Young Marble Giants! 12:27 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Kalido will soon start shipping KONA appliance (in Netezza Skimmer, with QlikView BI/visualization) for pharma & insurance. 12:24 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Briefed by Kickfire today here at TDWI. They've chalked up key customer wins leveraging DW appliance for clickstream analytics. 12:21 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Enjoyed my briefing/demo today by SpatialKey, a location intelligence solution vendor. Quick-ramp self-service geo BI. 12:19 AM Feb 24th via TweetDeck

Working my thoughts for #forrester ITF preso on dynamic case management and embedded predictive modeling that I'll be doing with @CSLeClair 12:20 PM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck

@brwood Yes, indeed. The fresher & bigger the foot, the more tender and succulent. Better than biscotti for dipping into a Pike Place Roast! 12:17 PM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to brwood

Bad dream last night. Dreamt I was at Starbucks original outlet, Pike Place Market Seattle. Breakfast. All they had was day-old sasquatch. 11:55 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck

The Olympics fortnight: only time most people pay attention to most of these events/athletes. I have no particular opinion on Bode Miller. 11:12 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck

"Vertica broadens reach of its...analytic db with v4.0" (http://bit.ly/aulFbL): JK--Laser focus on scale & performance. Now 120+ customers. 10:24 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck

What's better? Statistical analysis or contextual insight? http://bit.ly/cmfZfz @btemkin @theideaworks: JK--I prefer my chicken with eggs. 8:51 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck

Walking Vegas out of my system. Walking away the day. Walking away the night. The work & partying. It's all stresses. Need calm before sleep 11:25 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

@mark_lorion Yes. Me @johnrrymer & @mgualtieri. 7:51 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck in reply to mark_lorion

Some sort of TweetUp happy hour coming up here at TDWI/Vegas. Let's see. I'm trying to save myself for a night of intense Bellagiation. 7:24 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

1010data briefed on SaaS quick-ramp app-driven ODS-like batch-fed analytic db w/history & embed'd time-series analyses. Going deep in retail 7:21 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Microsoft will RTM SS2008R2 PDW ("Madison") mid-year. PDW+"Fast Track"=MSFT hub&spoke EDW. MPP+SMP. Enterprise+SMB. All-appliance. Lo-cost. 7:12 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Spoke w/ Algebraix Data (http://bit.ly/cnV1oC), vendor of adv analytic DB with real-time, dynamic, predictive, model-free query optimization 7:00 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Kognitio is evolving its SaaS offering into a cool, verticalized, on-demand adv-analytics service. Definitely a DW++ vendor to watch. 6:54 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"New Netezza TwinFin i-Class Appliance Extends DW to Support Adv Analytics" (http://bit.ly/9arMJw): JK--Netezza goes MapReduce big-time. 6:41 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"ParAccel Analytic Database R 2.5 Advances Analytic Exploration ..." (http://bit.ly/djP956): JK--ParAccel going SSD for max performance. 6:38 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"Kognitio to build innov infrastructure to match and analyze media monitoring data for GroupM " (http://is.gd/8WDmC): JK--They brief me l8tr 1:12 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Su-su-sudio-oh! Enough already! 12:53 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Caesars conv ctr employees dropped by. I requested turnoff loud music in press lounge. Painful for me to request, but necessary. Distracting 12:52 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

If I could rollback the calendar by 20 years, I'd re-invent BI as a branch of collab and knowledge mgt, not as a DBMS reporting front-end. 12:50 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Lyzasoft is the first BI vendor I've seen that integrates federated permissioning into collab mashup with guided analytics. Excellent demo! 12:48 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: North American Scum by LCD Soundsystem #KEXP: JK--One of my favorite funny song titles of recent years. Great dance song. 12:42 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

I notice that Bill Clinton is playing Caesars. No joke & no double-entendre. Some sort of special preso anyone can buy ticket for. I'll skip 12:40 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Love TDWI shows. Just chatted w/ @markmadsen Phil Russom. Looking forward to deeper dives with one & all. Conversation is key. So is coffee. 12:37 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Interviewed by David McCann of CFO mag about BI. Brought him up to speed on terms, technology, apps, ROI. Forwarded him my ROI triad links. 12:36 PM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"Web 3.0: The Dawn of Semantic Search" (http://bit.ly/d7QdAH): JK--That dawn long gone. Morning has broken. Halfway to high noon now. 11:27 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

My ROI of Decisioning blogpost triad: (http://bit.ly/clqT6g) (http://bit.ly/bP3gdh) (http://bit.ly/cbrka8) 11:25 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"Goodbye, Google Buzz" (http://bit.ly/9JFybp): JK--The inevitable buzzkill backlash articles start in earnest. EPIC lashes back, predictably 11:21 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

First up today in briefings/demos: Lyzasoft (http://bit.ly/a0MVYv). Social networking & BI. 11:17 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

Octavius 7 has excellent pop music programming. I may just tweet a few of these. "Please Don't Stop the Music" playing now. 11:13 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

At TDWI Vegas, Caesars Palace, Octavius 7, Press/Analyst Lounge. Be here most of today/tomorrow. Briefings. Will also roam exhibit floor. 11:11 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Life's What You Make It by Talk Talk #KEXP: JK--Late 80s gem. Talk Talk were masters of deep thrilling mood grooves. 9:11 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"Databases primed for social networks" (http://bit.ly/9P1tzG): JK--Social network analytics driving devel of new DBMS type: graph databases! 9:09 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

New blogpost: "The ROI of High-Quality Decision-Driving Gut Feel" (http://bit.ly/clqT6g) (http://bit.ly/dnplet) 2:05 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck

"Twitter-esque Blippy asks, `What are you buying?" (http://bit.ly/drkx6): JK--And Twitterers ask "who the **** are you to be asking?" 5:28 PM Feb 21st via TweetDeck

Wonder if the notion of a "call center" is fading away, as social networking eclipses "call," community replaces "center." 5:25 PM Feb 21st via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: Welfare Cheese by Emanuel Laskey #KEXP: JK--This is the "damn good R&B song" to which was referring. Please please please! 1:43 PM Feb 21st via TweetDeck

RT @jameskobielus RT @kexpplaylist: The Bells by James Brown #KEXP: JK--Actually, it's THE James Brown. But was listening to Emanuel Laskey 1:42 PM Feb 21st via TweetDeck

RT @kexpplaylist: The Bells by James Brown #KEXP: JK--Clearly, not THE James Brown, but a damn good R&B song anyway. Feels 1960-ish. 1:41 PM Feb 21st via TweetDeck

BI vendors with predictive analytics & data mining: SAS, IBM/SPSS, Oracle, MicroStrategy, TIBCO Spotfire, IBI, eThority, SAP/BOBJ... 3:38 PM Feb 19th via TweetDeck

@bevelson I'm grateful for @bevelson recommending me as walking encyclopedia...but I'm in awe of his sheer depth on all things BI! 3:06 PM Feb 19th via TweetDeck in reply to bevelson

@santaferraro What's leading you toward most appropriate rept elements should be predictive recommendations, driven from rich metadata. 2:06 PM Feb 19th via TweetDeck in reply to santaferraro

Guided BI rept def: rather than u search then drag & drop report elements, BI tools drag & drop u toward max reuse of pre-existing elements 1:48 PM Feb 19th via TweetDeck

Tysons Corner VA: I rather like the "edge city"-ness of it all. Don't turn this into a "downtown." Keep it suburban-office-park on steroids. 7:29 AM Feb 19th via TweetDeck

Ah yes, being an industry analyst, one becomes the "Mighty Mentioner." 3:01 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

Interviewed via email by Eric Lai of Computerworld re Aster Data, Greenplum, Netezza, Teradata...and of course discussed Oracle, IBM, etc. 2:43 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden No problem....we can take it all offline...but let's hash out some great tweet-fodder for further online debate! 2:41 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

RT @kexpplaylist: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds #KEXP: JK--Nick seemingly lives in a cave, swaggering a beatnik bludgeon 12:48 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

Spoke to Jeff Kelly of SearchDataManagement.com re BI/predictive analytics mkt. Discussed IBM/SPSS, IBI, MSTR, MSFT, TIBCO, SAS, SAP, ORCL. 12:44 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

Spoke to my good friend @kimstanick of #paraccel. They're doing some great stuff. Details forthcoming next week. Where? TDWI/Vegas. 12:41 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden Everybody out there, come one come all to TDWI/Vegas next week to here me & Neil debate it all--for your entertainment/education! 12:37 PM Feb 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@NeilRaden #paw Ancient architecture? Core engine? Which PA/DM "incumbent"'s architecture(s) and engine(s) are u referring to? 9:43 AM Feb 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

RT @kexpplaylist: Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J #KEXP: JK--Still a good one. A spoken-word song with muscular rocking backbone. 9:41 AM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

Toying with notion of doing blogpost called "ROI of Gut Feel." Feels like a joke. Like the "ROI of Breathing." 8:42 AM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

"Microsoft Outlook Becomes Social Hub" (http://bit.ly/9mY7fe): JK--In a way that public folders never did, I hope. Make it easy to collab! 6:43 AM Feb 18th via TweetDeck

@NeilRaden #paw Who's "Incum"? 6:34 AM Feb 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

@NeilRaden You're not familiar with in-database analytics offered by Oracle, Netezza, and IBM? 6:33 AM Feb 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden

This industry thrives on one passionate specialist calling another's passion "hype." All is hype until/unless you come down with the passion 6:59 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Another net-net on pred analytics customer loyalty: yet to meet user so dissatisfied they'll spend big $ to migrate models/apps to other vdr 6:42 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Bottom line on pred analytics customer loyalty: yet to meet customer so dissatisfied they want to dump primary vdr, which is true incumbent 6:41 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

RT @jamet123: New blog post: SAS & Accenture announce partnership http://bit.ly/dzcbGZ #decisionmgt: JK--Excellent SAS prof svcs partnership 6:39 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Ought to be a post-hoc mea-culpa Twitter for most-regretted tweets. Focus question: "What the hell were you thinking?" 6:35 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

@mark_lorion #Analytics TIBCO Spotfire--one of several strong BI vendors with integrated predictive modeling. MicroStrategy another. 6:34 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Analytics is most mind-rattling segment. So visuals-intensive but content-heavy. Cerebrum & visual cortex spiral in tight tango tangle. 6:32 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Try telling average person what I do. Usually comes down to mumbling something about databases. 6:31 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

What little tweeting I've done today has been mostly standing up. I don't think better on my feet--but I squirm less. 6:29 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

I plumb forgot it's Ash Wednesday. But we did have an all-veggie dinner tonight. And I'll try to cut back on the cursing. 6:25 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

@FICOWorld Good to know my ROI of decision management/automation/support model stimulating industry thought. What are analysts for? 6:22 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck in reply to FICOWorld

Process analytics is such a new BI discipline that we'd be forgiven for thinking it's only BAM. Embedded prediction models just as key. 4:31 PM Feb 17th via web

BI is continent so huge its natives barely know its contours. Most live on the Reporting Peninsula, barely aware of lovely Predictiveland. 4:29 PM Feb 17th via web

As impressed with DW vendors who serve the sub-TB market as those who rocket to Planet Petabyte. Mini-marts are vital to pervasive analytics 3:49 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Man that was a busy day. A number of cool things will be announced at TDWI. The February Vegas events are usually the best: most news! 3:45 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Yes, my vendor-briefing dance card's insanely full at TDWI Vegas upcoming. But if u whisper sweet nothings I might make room. 3:43 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

@StevePR104 It was only a small sample cup from Trader Joe. I paid zilch and spilled next to nothing. 3:41 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck in reply to StevePR104

@SethGrimes Why do you assume I was driving? I was simply walking slowly outside at a local strip mall. 3:41 PM Feb 17th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes

Attempted my first-ever one-handed texting while holding hot coffee in the other. I'll never try that one again. 6:10 AM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Hard to believe snowboarding hasn't always been an Olympic sport. Surfing on snow. Cool wipe-outs. Literally. 6:09 AM Feb 17th via TweetDeck

Presenting on SAP self-service BI roadshow, Wed Mar 3, Houston. Just completed the dry run. #sap #forrester. 11:00 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck

"Does George (Lucas) mean anything to you?" (http://bit.ly/9tJ2iM): JK--OK, but far less than Steven Spielberg. Just not as good a filmmaker 7:38 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck

"Is Google the new Microsoft?" (http://bit.ly/bB8n21): JK--Remember when this question would have been compliment to them both? 7:26 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck

What are the odds that Bill Gates comes back into Microsoft management in next 2-3 years? To salvage his pride & joy, if nothing else. 7:24 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck

Google Buzz available through Google GMail. That would be great if I ever accessed GMail, which I don't. I use it to auto-forward to HotMail 7:23 AM Feb 16th via TweetDeck

I'm enjoying the Winter Olympics coverage. Focusing on the action. A minimum of distracting sob stories on the athletes' missions & travails 7:41 PM Feb 15th via TweetDeck