A big shout-out to Johnny Ginger (acted with 3 Stooges) and Barney Ales (managed Motown)...our little Livonia neighborhood's showbiz people 8 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Can't name single online ad I've ever clicked thru. Click around them all, obstacles passed in blur of forward motion. Like cars on Beltway. about 14 hours ago via web
Getting ready to do a day of the HP STB analyst summit in Boston. Hopefully, a Neoview update, at least. Plus partnering discussions. about 14 hours ago via web
@mcgoverntheory An analyst's personal brand is their common name & reputation. No employer can lay claim to either. about 15 hours ago via web in reply to mcgoverntheory
@NeilRaden Within walking distance of the Hyatt Regency? 9:53 PM Mar 5th via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
Most memorable Houston experience? Walking block after block downtown at night. Only restaurants open were McDonald's & Subway. No thanks. 8:55 PM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
Most memorable Steamboat Springs experience? Bookstore downtown. Book on 100 top sitcoms of all time. Good spread on "Gillligan's Island." 8:51 PM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist Something's Gonna Happen by Marshall Crenshaw #KEXP: JK-Remember this Detroiter's power-pop from Detroit parties circa 1980 7:59 PM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
Cool. Vampire Weekend will be musical guests (again) on tomorrow's SNL. Love their stuff. Always picks me up. 7:54 PM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
Modular thinking is the only way to sustain this pace. 11:18 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
On "value of data" and org-subiect-domain stewards' role in retention-policy, must balance value vs. cost of retaining detail vs. summary. 11:08 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
On "value of data" & decision-support role as determinant, each org's subject-domain data stewards must make "over-time" call, re retention 11:07 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
Discussed "value of data" yesterday. IMHO, operational data has no intrinsic value. Only has decision-support value, which declines w/ time. 11:04 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
@stoweboyd We Twitterers aren't on the edge anymore. This service far too popular. We're mainstream. And that's fine. More & more social. 10:58 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck in reply to stoweboyd
"BI vdrs look to overcome pred analytics obstacles" (http://bit.ly/bL8yZa): JK--Key obstacle: perception of these as stat-heavy power tools 9:03 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
"Which white knight will save Novell?" (http://bit.ly/bSo4CH) JK--Back in 80s/90s, Novell saw industry dominance continually slip from grasp 7:23 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
Social ntwk analysis: mining for patterns of cooperation & collusion coalition & co-dependency influence & deference affiliation & isolation 7:19 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
"Predictive analytics next battleground for BI vendors" (http://bit.ly/aofdAR): JK--Who can make it simple, visual, painless, powerful? 7:16 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
I find myself not fundamentally not caring who or what wins the Oscars anymore. Annual award cycles result in trophy-givings. Predictable. 7:07 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
@kbillings My pleasure Kimberly. Thanks for having me. #oracle. 6:56 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck in reply to kbillings
Doing deep research on social network analysis (SNA) for my preso at #Forrester IT Forum in May. 2:58 PM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
Taking refresher briefing from Valen Technologies, insurance-P&C-vertical SaaS-based PA-DM solution provider--new customers, fresh funding 2:15 PM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
"Execs Take BI into Own Hands" (http://bit.ly/9aJbRb): JK--Self-service info exploration is best. In-memory BI visualization w/o fixed cubes 1:20 PM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle: Thanks everybody for the great Q&A on the Extreme EDW webinar! 11:59 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A says, "smart scan," which passes queries to storage tiers, which do SQL predicate eval, reduce data returned by 4-5x. 11:57 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin says Database Machine runs Oracle Enterprise Linux. 11:54 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A says don't need to make any query changes to optimize for Exadata storage layer. 11:53 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A says don't need to tweak/change queries to run optimally on Database Machine. "Less need to do performance tuning." 11:53 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A says hybrid columnar compression only on base table data, not on indexes. 11:52 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A: says can run multiple DB instances--no specific limit, can be into 100s--on a single Database Machine. 11:51 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A discussing differences between Exadata v1 (HP hw) & Exadata v2 (Sun hw). 11:50 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A on Exadata/Sun pricing model. Separate prices for hardware, DB software, & Exadata software. Can use existing DB license 11:49 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A discussing disaster recovery architecture for Oracle Database Machine. 11:46 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin Q&A discussing flash cache in Exadata. Flash is DB-intelligent storage cache; much faster table scans & IOPS than from disk. 11:45 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle EDW webinar. Q&A on columnar compression efficiencies. 11:43 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle has embedded data mining into Oracle Database, which is core of Oracle Database Machine. 11:40 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin presenting Oracle Database Machine optimization of OLAP, ETL, & data mining. BTW, Oracle Data Miner in #Forrester PA-DM Wave 11:39 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin discussing Database Machine modular growth: quarter/half/full rack, with storage capacities of SAS & SATA drives. 11:37 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin discussing role of cache in Exadata storage efficiency and performance. 11:36 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin discussing hybrid columnar compression. Says 10:1 compression for most large DB tables. Columnar is compression-efficient. 11:35 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Lumpkin on Exadata architecture: Oracle DBMS integration, smart storage cells, query predicate pushdown, hybrid columnar compression 11:34 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
#Oracle Database Machine (Exadata on Sun). Strong platform for extreme-EDW best practices I discussed, plus OLTP workloads. 11:30 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
Just did my preso on the #oracle Extreme EDW webinar. George Lumpkin speaking now. 11:26 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
About to start my webinar on extreme EDW with #oracle. 11:00 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Crossing the Cannon by Dinosaur Feathers #KEXP: JK--This new band feels like indie giants in the making. Very Shins-y! 10:31 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Blood Makes Noise by Suzanne Vega #KEXP: JK--Her stuff always had a cool edginess to it, and radio-ready catchiness. 10:28 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
@SethGrimes Right. I expect that, plus expect SAS to acquire a business rules engine and BPM tool, for decision automation. 7:57 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
Prepping for my Tues Mar 16 #forrester teleconf on "New Decade in Advanced Analytics." Will present findings from my Pred Analytics-DM Wave. 7:56 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
Doing webinar today at 12noon-1pm (eastern) w/ #Oracle on extreme DW. Attendee list large & growing. Register at http://bit.ly/aeLqWd 7:15 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck
@SethGrimes And that's exactly what I told them this week. Obvious gap in their product portfolio. 6:46 AM Mar 4th via TweetDeck in reply to SethGrimes
"Is Facebook imperative really so great for [enterprise]?" (http://bit.ly/9AuE4Q): JK--No. Facebook is grazing-unfriendly. Emulate TweetDeck 1:42 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
"Twitter Drops MySQL For Cassandra" (http://bit.ly/cfb74o): JK--Can relational survive in world of omni-cloud social networking & computing? 12:56 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
Prepping for customer inquiry in just a few minutes. Waiting in airport gate area. Obviously, catching up on reading. Extended road trip. 12:52 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
@NeilRaden Who says everything old is bad? 12:50 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
"IBM speeds data analysis w/ nu algorithm" (http://bit.ly/bqVP7r): JK--Way too sketchy. What's it called? Link to whitepaper? Product plans? 12:50 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
#sas Dr. Jim Goodnight , in our 1:1, focused on SAS' scalability architecture. #Forrester customers doing adv analytics taking keen interest 12:46 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
"Q&A with IBM's New Top Executive at SPSS" (http://bit.ly/du5lpQ): JK--Deepak Advani focusing on predictive, productivity, & petabytes. 12:40 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
"MSFT says cloud revs come in couple years" (http://bit.ly/bgFq7t): JK--in 2-3 years. Redmond is patient capital. Pennies from cloud heaven? 12:36 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
"Misconceptions About Stats" (http://bit.ly/9o7t8y): JK--Yep. Stats are simply model guts. Can we identify & model all key vars & relations? 12:30 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
Reminds me. I prime u to process my events via heads-ups. Doing webinar tomorrow w/ #Oracle on extreme DW. Register at http://bit.ly/aeLqWd 12:19 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
Event processing. I process events either right after fact (eg, this SAP event) or during (eg, that SAS). Process by tweeting mental notes. 12:14 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
"Should All Enterprise SW Run Like Facebook?" (http://bit.ly/d7eH5f): JK--Assumes u think Facebook ideal. It's not. A suboptimal buzzboard. 12:11 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
#SAP had great attendance & questions at Houston session. I co-presented with SAP BusinessObjects' Snehanshu Shah, dir business user CoE. 12:07 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
#SAP Catch @bevelson in other cities on SAP Explorer tour. I presented findings from his recent survey. We're #forrester BI dynamic duo. 12:01 PM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
#SAP Explorer brings living color to self-svc guided analytics. Search drives auto-preso of relevant visualizations. Answers leap off screen 11:56 AM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
#sap SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, when deployed with BWA, shows how in-memory columnar accelerates self-svc info exploration. Great demo! 11:50 AM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
To get to #sap self-svc session where I spoke, had to walk through regist/coffee area for some oil & gas industry event. That is so Houston! 11:48 AM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
Spoke at #sap Houston event on self-service BI. Presented #forrester user survey findings. Canned reports on wane, parameterized on upswing? 11:46 AM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
"Twitter users send 50 million tweets a day" (http://bit.ly/doQXzI): JK--Slight exaggeration, but I'm getting there. 11:42 AM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
Will be attending HP TSG Analyst Summit in Boston next Tuesday. http://tinyurl.com/d6l5q7 11:31 AM Mar 3rd via TweetDeck
Want to thank fine people of #sas for well-run productive analyst summit #sassb. Your AR team once again delivered beautifully. 9:00 PM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
Houston. I'm here. Where exactly am I again? 8:20 PM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
Coach Shula, if there were a Super Bowl of Steak, your team would have won a whompin stompin 1-sided victory tonite. I salute you sir loin! 8:19 PM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
Hear/see me speak on self-service BI tomorrw, Houston, SAP Solutions Tour 2010 #SAPSolTour. Register here: http://bit.ly/aOLnII 2:53 PM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
@NeilRaden #sassb You are quite right. It was a one-on-two, but that sounds unbalanced/confrontational. It was anything but. 11:54 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
#sas #sassb With Goodnight & Davis, discussed inline predictive models in CRM/social ntwk "listening platforms." Key #Forrester focus. 11:53 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Had great one-on-one with Dr. Jim Goodnight & Jim Davis. Always stimulating. Discussed SAS vision/strategy. 11:51 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
Seeing more of the term "ideation" in product descriptions. Is "imagination" not something you can write code to automate? 11:48 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
Wow. My #Forrester Predictive Analytics & Data Mining Solutions Wave has had the hoped-for effect on my pipeline. Now, must deliver. 10:25 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb This latest tweet-string for the benefit of those on Twitter who imagine that we in attendance don't have nuanced view of SAS. 10:16 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Self-service predictive modeling for biz analysts. SAS has RPM. It's good, but still needs to be simplified for mass market. 10:13 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Tho SAS took shots at IBM, both vdrs have equiv weaknesses: overstuffed product portfolios, complex licensing/pricing, weak SMB 10:11 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS strong in in-db analytics, but industry focus shifting to in-cloud, -CEP, & -BPM analytics, where SAS strategy unclear. 10:06 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS, as closely held firm still helmed by charismatic founder, is bit like Berkshire Hathaway. How robust is corp culture? 10:03 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS, as the predominant "incumbent" pure-play in the advanced analytics arena, is a perpetual target for competitive challenge. 9:56 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS' loyal customers tend to overlook their investments in rival PA-DM tools, perpetuating balkanized adv analytics initiatives 9:46 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS' overly complex pricing, licensing, and product stack is a concern. #Forrester customers often need help fathoming it all. 9:43 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
@TonyBaer The first appearance of Emily Litella character preceded their formation by 10 years, their first album by 12, "Nevermind" by 14. 8:33 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck in reply to TonyBaer
Interesting how that Nirvana album caused the two words of "never mind" to fuse together in colloquial spelling. Gilda didn't cause that. 7:13 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
@NeilRaden Silly of you to ask what? 11:46 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
@NeilRaden #SASSB Wow,Neil....that sort of question can be answered definitively in a #Forrester inquiry or consulting project. 6:42 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
#sas #sassb Highlight of SAS Analyst event for me: 360-degree forward in-depth view of all things SAS, with by great exec & customer panels 5:58 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
RT @Jon_Ferrara "research Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [re] 'Flow'" (http://ow.ly/1cKZK): JK--Read his books. Brilliant synthesis. Very practical 5:54 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@rwang0 #sassb "Making love to data" is a slightly pathetic slogan, if u ask me. Some people seriously need a life. 5:51 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to rwang0
@brwood I knew that. But I'm practicing my "u summarize rather than point me to a phish-trap" standard response to such things. 5:50 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to brwood
@merv #SASSB #SAS We'd be a lot snarkier if mountain spring water in Steamboat were laced w/ snark-otics. Cue J. Denver "Rocky Mt. High" 3:55 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to merv
#sas #sassb SAS leverages alphabetical analytics when choosing strategic partners. That's according to Russ Cobb. He's joking, I think. 3:50 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@bfr3nch Are you insinuating something Barbara? Come on...out with it! ;-) 3:40 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to bfr3nch
#sas #sassb Strong revenue impact from in-db analytics partnership w/ #teradata. Impact 1st-yr sales of $13M w/ 126% y-o-y Q1 growth 3:39 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
As prof IT analyst, I quiver in fear of metrics showing hyperverbal analysts having zero influence. Is 1 tweet per year enuff? U tell me 3:37 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Just as SAS' staggeringly diverse product portfolio inspires awe/anxiety, so does their hyper-flexible licensing/pricing. 3:31 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS licensing & pricing. Russ Cobb. Cry uncle! SAS has huge range of stdrd (60% of deals) & negotiated (40%) options. 3:30 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb CARY = concentrated analyst relations yelping (over the tweetload re this pre-announcement we all just now went crazy on). 3:20 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Mic in hand, I asked "Will future invitations to this event be predicated on OUR scores?" 3:18 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Phrase cloud feels like a "meme-tracking" interface. 3:09 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Future dashboard of brand, customer, marketing, and reputation management pros everywhere. 3:07 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Stay tuned for report by yrs trly & @drnatalie on conversation-driven CRM best practices. 3:04 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. This is the corporate reputation burnishing engine of the new economy. 3:03 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. @drnatalie 3:02 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Taxonomies structure how you conduct/target online conversations in tune with shifting sentiment. 3:02 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Tracking spikes in negative sentiment. Expect vdrs to point these tools at analyst sentiment cloud. 3:01 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb SAS Social Media Analytics. Track/forecast mention by source/channel, influence/sentiment, phrase cloud over time. 2:59 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics. See both point-in-time and historical analytics, forecasts. 2:56 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc. 2:56 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics. Collect, clean, integrate, & organize internal & external data. 2:55 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics. Media portal. Targeting marketing, branding, customer care. Leverage Teragram. 2:54 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics. Survey data, blog data, forum data, reviews, call logs, media data 2:53 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics. PA-DM, text anaytics, forecasting & correl, NLP, sentiment analysis, taxonomies. 2:52 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sas #sassb Presenting/demoing SAS Social Media Analytics offering. Focusing on brand management, PR, customer insight, customer service. 2:51 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#SAS in-db analytics enhancements '10: BASE SAS procs 4 TD ORCL IBM HP NZ Aster; scoring accels 4 NZ & Aster. ACCESS i/f 4 Greenplum & HP. 2:43 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@jaculynn #GoodToSeeYouHere Hey Jaculynn...thanks for reaching out...ping me anytime. 2:19 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to jaculynn
Wanna thank the Steamboat Grand for their excellent overhead-music programming. Case in point: Junior Boys' "Like A Child." Just now. #sassb 2:05 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@NeilRaden Right. Tysons Corner (Fairfax County VA) inaccessible till the Metro line connected. Beltway is backwoods goat path essentially. 12:59 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to NeilRaden
Let's not get locked into this implicit "only 2 big vendors matter in PA-DM " frame of mind. Plenty of innovative PA-DM vendors. 12:54 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#Forrester PA-DM Wave: SAS, SPSS/IBM, KXEN, Oracle, Portrait Software, TIBCO Software, FICO, Angoss (http://bit.ly/9O6jzn). Strong field! 12:52 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
BTW, as counterbalance to the SAS-centric tweetstream today, see http://bit.ly/9O6jzn for eval of SAS, SPSS/IBM, and 6 other top PA-DM tools 12:50 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
RT @rwang0 Goodnight "What happened to Intelligent Miner? "#SAS #sassb #analytics #bi JK--See http://bit.ly/9O6jzn 4 eval of that #IBM tool 12:48 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#SAS #sassb Goodnight says "SPSS only a tools vendor. They have never had solutions." 12:45 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#SAS #sassb Davis says IBM/SPSS acq has had "no impact on SAS deal cycle." Goodnight notes IBM Intelligent Miner was never threat to them. 12:43 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
RT @rbkarel: #sassb "Indications SAS will likely be much more open for OEM than in past": JK--Hope so. Key analytics IP + global ISV ecosys 12:42 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#SAS #sassb Davis discussing speech analytics in call center. Says many users not ready for this. 12:39 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
RT @atanubasu: Social Media: Fluke or Future of Marketing? http://bit.ly/a4QN0K: JK--Most disruptive nu channels in multi-channel mktg mix! 12:39 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
SNA+VoC+clickstream+real-time-eventstream processing: It's clear that #SAS is deepening investment in these key social media analytics techs 12:36 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
#sassb #sas Executive Q&A Farrell Collins Davis Goodnight...viewed partly through a beaker of drinking water: http://tweetphoto.com/12942887 12:33 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
SAS says continuing strong demand for strategy maps to tie business imperatives to KPIs, per CTO Keith Colllins. #sas #sassb 12:22 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@HKotadia #sassb Most #SAS social netwk analytics pipeline for anti-fraud. Didn't tie these deals to particular in-db analytics DW partners. 12:21 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HKotadia
@HKotadia #SAS #sassb #analytics Haven't heard updates yet to SAS R support. For discussion of their current R support: http://bit.ly/9O6jzn 12:19 PM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HKotadia
RT @merv: #sasb Observation (apologies @rwang0) - " list of SAS product is SKUs is bewildering. (but lucrative)" JK--Agreed. Overwhelming. 11:38 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
I've never seen a #SAS business- or product-level briefing lacking in copious substantive details. These #sassb presos keep streak alive! 11:37 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
RT @AlanWebber: SAS products used in anti-IED efforts through pred analytics & understanding terror ecosystem: JK--Defuse the bomb in time 11:35 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
SAS social network pipeline pct in descending order of verticals: govt (33), banking (30), insurance (18), comms (13), health&life-sci (6) 11:32 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
RT @weckerson: #SAS views social network analysis as key growth area in 2010: JK--That's for sure. Many #Forrester customers discussing SNA 11:29 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
SAS has strong social network analysis pipeline: worth $100M, 2 deals closed in US, 10 POCs completed or in-progress, 19 in discussion. 11:28 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis #sas #sassb poking fun at IBM "smarter planet." "What if u could take break from saving planet and B 100% sure of saving yr biz?" 11:20 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis of #sas at #sassb shows stats that SAS employees post far more via social media than direct competitors in analytics. 11:14 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis of #sas at #sassb tends to focus primarily on IBM/SPSS, in terms of direct competitors. 11:13 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis at #sassb says #SAS campus in Cary NC growing fast. I believe it, judging by their continued expansion and diversification. 11:11 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis at #sassb discussing #SAS key revenue-producing focus on verticalized analytic apps, plus consulting (#accenture etc.). 11:08 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis discussing #Accenture #SAS Analytics Group. Deeply integrated revenue-producing partnership with joint IP and product development 11:05 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
JIm Davis #sas #sassb discussing IBM/Cognos/SPSS. Says IBM has "toolbox for selling svcs" but level of cross-IBM integr8ion remains 2 B seen 11:01 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@HKotadia #sas #sassb SAS has Social Media Analytics release slated for Q2. 10:59 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to HKotadia
Jim Davis presenting the highlights of #SAS "entities": SAS-proper, DataFlux, Teragram, JMP, RiskAdvisory, IDEAS. 10:55 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis presenting this hugely crowded text-heavy slide on #sas product release highlights for 2010. Across their entire portfolio #sassb 10:53 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis discussing social network analysis and clickstream analysis for customer intelligence in new economy. 10:52 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis discussing high-priority #sas partnerships with Teradata, Netezza, Aster Data, Greenplum, & IBM for in-database analytics. #sassb 10:51 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis. Core of #SAS is optimization, predictive modeling, forecasting, & statistical analysis. BTW, read http://bit.ly/9O6jzn 10:49 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
I've long recommended that analytics vendors adopt the verticalized #SAS business & customer engagement model. Tech tools get commoditized. 10:46 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis: #SAS has very verticalized solution approach to product development, packaging, go-to-market, customer service. #sassb. 10:43 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis: Clearly, #SAS is well-run company w/ tremendous customer loyalty & employee satisfaction. #sassb. Formidable analytics competitor 10:41 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis. #SAS added 1,389 new customers in 2009, and also deepened engagement with large existing customer base #sassb 10:35 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis. #sassb "Silver lining in down economy was biz analytics." How do "companies turn selves into diff company" via pred analytics? 10:34 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis of #sas at #sassb. 2009 was "year of awakening." Everything in industry "thrown up in the air." 2010 is "year of establishment." 10:31 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Jim Davis of #sas speaking now at #sassb. Says "record attendance" at this analyst summit. 400 tweets so far from this room. NDA stuff l8r. 10:29 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
@aristippus303 #sassb Nope. Dr. Goodnight probably meant #sas always trying to stay 2 years ahead of competition on leading-edge R&D. 10:26 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck in reply to aristippus303
Social network analysis. Dr. Goodnight says #sas public-sector customers using SNA to uncover patterns of fraudulent collusion. #sassb 10:24 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Social network analysis. Dr. Goodnight discussing customer applications of SNA for fraud detection, including welfare fraud. 10:22 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
What I always notice about #sas at #sassb is their deep analytics on themselves on every level. Clearly, cobbler's children are well-shod! 10:21 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Packed roomful of analysts at #sassb. Sheer volume of tweets from this room rivals many smaller countries. Listen closely, hear fingers buzz 10:20 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Dr. Goodnight says #sas always "two years behind" in R&D. #sassb 10:17 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Dr. Goodnight of #SAS speaking now at #sassb. 34th year of rev growth & profits. $2.21b revenue, no layoffs in 2009. Fiscally conservative. 10:14 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Here at the 19th annual #SAS analyst summit, Steamboat Springs CO. Looking over the slides. Many 2010 product releases planned. #sassb 10:11 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
"Facebook patents News Feed; sets stage for fight against social peers" (http://bit.ly/9stYYl): JK--Antisocial legal brawl. Hoo-boy! 9:30 AM Mar 1st via TweetDeck
Enjoyed Neil's "Long May You Run" in Olympics closing ceremony. References SoCal, as did M.J. Fox. Long ago these snowbirds flew the coop. 11:01 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Social network analysis: can analyst who is purely in-person, speaking & consulting, but publishes nothing directly online, rule this space? 10:56 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Social network analysis: can an analyst who never shows his/her face at live in-person events sustain a leading brand? is mystique enough? 10:54 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Social network analysis: how few words can an analyst publish in a given period of time (via tweets, blogs, etc.) & still be highly trusted? 10:52 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Social network analysis: do analysts' personal appearances (speeches etc.0 burnish their brands more brightly than their tweets & blogs? 10:48 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Social network analysis can determine whether Twitter has influence we like to think it has. Or whether it's indeed a huge time-waster. 10:44 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Was chatting with #sas over dinner tonight about how hot social network analysis is now. Many #Forrester clients give it high 2010 priority. 10:41 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
RT @kexpplaylist: Wave Of Mutilation by Grant-Lee Phillips #KEXP: JK--Startling cover that makes u forget how startling Pixies original was. 10:39 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
I rather enjoyed Catherine O'Hara's closing kiss-off to the Winter Olympics. Memorably gracious, cranky, and Canadian. 10:26 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
Meaning is pattern: some meanings only emerge when u stand back, take it all in: 1 or 2 weeks at a gulp. "Oh, I'd forgot that happened!" 7:57 PM Feb 28th via TweetDeck
