EB
Nov 11, 2014
Great advice for CIO's on Twitter

Over on the Enterprisers Project, David A. Bray, the CIO of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), was recently interviewed about his use of

EB
Nov 6, 2014
Reinventing a Small Business with Simple Technology

Reinventing a Small Business with Simple Technology

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Nov 5, 2014
Mobile Connectivity and Your Business

The infrastructure to be a full-time mobile business is in place today. The backbone is available and reliable to allow your employees to work from anywhere they are.

EB
Nov 4, 2014
My Doctoral Dissertation Final Defense – Almost done

This video is a copy of my Doctoral Dissertation defense. The topic: Analysis of Twitter Messages for Sentiment and Insight for use in Stock Market Decision Making. Dissertation Title: "Analysis of Twitter Messages for Sentiment and Insight for use in Stock Market Decision Making"

EB
Oct 24, 2014
Foto Friday – Colorful Bird

I captured this colorful bird (I'm not sure what it is) at the Minnesota State Zoo a few weeks ago.  Captured with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L

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Oct 24, 2014
With Planning, the Cloud brings Agility and Portability

The cloud isn’t perfect but with the right planning, architecture and partners you can do quite a bit with the cloud that you might not be able to do without.

EB
Oct 22, 2014
Drowning in Data, Starved for Information

Today, we are drowning in data and starved for information. What can we do about it?

EB
Oct 20, 2014
The Delivery Gap

A while back I wrote a piece titled The Strategy Disconnect where I wrote: Millions can be spent on the ‘perfect’ strategy, but if that strategy isn’t

EB
Oct 17, 2014
Foto Friday – Prairie Dog (2014)

I captured this Prairie Dog at the Minnesota State Zoo a few weeks ago. Captured with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.

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Oct 16, 2014
Winning Championships with Big Data?

When I talk to people about big data and data analytics I try to tailor the message to their experience level. For example, if I’m talking to data

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Oct 14, 2014
Hadoop and Big Data

While you don’t need Hadoop for big data, it's a great fit for big data. If you want to get into very large data sets and use cutting edge platforms and systems to analyze your data, Hadoop will give you the underlying platform for your big data initiatives.

EB
Oct 13, 2014
Why Convergence?

Convergence may not be the answer to every problem in the data center, but it is a great answer to the problem of fast, efficient and effective implementation of processing power, storage and networking capabilities in a contained system that can be managed together.

EB
Oct 10, 2014
Foto Friday – Gazelle Eating

I captured this Gazelle at the Minnesota State Zoo a few weeks ago.  Captured with a Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.

EB
Oct 10, 2014
The Future of IT is a Converged Future

Converged systems allow organizations to easily scale to deliver the new systems, functionality, processing power and storage requirements to meet the data center needs of the future.

EB
Oct 9, 2014
Important Skills for the Data Scientist

What are the important skills for a data scientist?

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