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Archives: September2009

• Interview Thomas C. Redman Author Data Driven

  Here is an interview with Tom Redman, author of Data Driven. Among the first to recognize the need for high-quality data in the information age, Dr. Redman established the AT&T Bell Laboratories Data Quality Lab in 1987 and led it until 1995. He is the author of four books, two patents and leads his own [...]

• Interview Augusto Albeghi (Straycat) —Founder Straysoft

  An interview with Augusto (StrayCat), a Startup Entrepreneur with an interesting technology StraySoft. Ajay- Describe your career as a BI consultant. Straycat- I’m an aerospace engineer who had to turn to IT right after graduation because of the Italian aerospace industry crisis in the first half of the 90’s . My first job was by [...]

• Interview Evan Levy Baseline Consulting

  Here is an interview with Evan Levy, founder of one of the best and most practical business consultancy Baseline Consulting. The lower the bull-shit the better the consultant ( forgive my ….) Read here why Baseline’s frank and fast technology acumen have made it a rising star in the this fast growing field. Businesses realize [...]

• Interview James Taylor Decision Management Expert (Updated)

  Quick update James is hosting a webinar series on decision manaement, predictive analytics and business rules this fall. You can check out the webinars and register for some or all at https://decisionmanagement.omnovia.com/registration Here is an interview with James Taylor, a leading consultant and evangelist in the emerging field of converging decision management. Ajay- Describe your [...]

• Interview Timo Elliott SAP

  Here is an interview with Timo Elliott, Senior Product Director SAP Business Objects. Ajay- Describe your career in science from school to Senior Director in SAP to blogger/speaker. How do you think we can convince students of the benefits of learning science and maths. Timo- I studied economics with statistics in the UK, but I [...]

• Interview Professor John Fox Creator R Commander

  Here is an interview with Prof John Fox, creator of the very popular R language based GUI, RCmdr. Ajay- Describe your career in science from your high school days to the science books you have written. What do you think can be done to increase interest in science in young people. John Fox- I’m a [...]

• Interview Stephen Baker Author The Numerati

  Here is an interview with Stephen Baker, the author of the famous and remarkable book The Numerati. Stephen is the senior editor at Businessweek and his remarkable book made the world sit up and pay attention because for the first time, anyone wrote of the increasingly quant driven lives we lead thanks to the internet [...]

• Interview Jeff Bass, Bass Institute (Part 2)

  During the 1980’s and early 1990’s, the Bass Institute managed to attract a loyal following with it’s SAS language compiler, ultimately bowing to the financial pressures and technological pressures of the move to the Desktop. In the year 2009, as SAS language gains a new compiler in terms of the WPS, AND computing paradigms begin [...]

• Interview Neil Raden Founder of Hired Brains Inc

  Here is an interview with one terrific person who has always inspired my writing ( or atleast my attempts to write) on data and systems. Neil Raden is a giant in the publishing and consulting space for business intelligence ,analytics, and decision management. In a nice interview Neil talks of his passion for his work, [...]

• Interview Merv Adrian IT Market Strategy

  An interview with renowned technology analyst Merv Adrian is as follows. Mr Adrian has spent three decades in IT industry and has also served as SVP at Forrester Research, and now is founder of IT Market Strategy. Merv talks on his views on technology and how he sees the next big tech trends coming. Ajay- [...]

• Interview Charlie Berger Oracle Data Mining

  Here is an interview with Charlie Berger, Oracle Data Mining Product Management. Oracle is a company much respected for its ability to handle and manage data, and with it’s recent acquisition of Sun- has now considerable software and financial muscle to take the world of data mining to the next generation. Ajay- Describe your career [...]

• Interview Terri Rylander Advanced Marketing Collateral BI

  Here is an interview with the fabulous Terri Rylander, innovative and creative Business Intelligence marketing consultant and the principal of Advanced Marketing Collateral . As the BI marketing wars heat up, cost pressures on optimize marketing ROI and emerging marketing channels will lead to a trend in which BI vendors would choose the best resources [...]