• IT experts need insurance knowledge to help industry, says executive

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:01:29
    Internet technology specialists must have ample knowledge about the insurance business in order to help insurance companies p -More- 

  • Executive: IT experts must gain insurance knowledge to help industry

    Updated: 2010-05-27 15:46:23
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  • Similarities and Differences between Open Source and Enterprise 2.0.

    Updated: 2010-05-26 18:53:36
    Dear blog readers, it has been a few weeks since my last post and I hope you have not forgotten about me. I have been pretty focused on the onboarding process for my new job, a time which is not very conducive to blogging. I’m also in the middle of moving my family across [...]

  • VoltDB finally launches

    Updated: 2010-05-25 01:15:04
    VoltDB is finally launching today. As is common for companies in sectors I write about, VoltDB — or just “Volt” — has discovered the virtues of embargoes that end 12:01 am. Let’s go straight to the technical highlights: VoltDB is based on the H-Store technology, which I wrote about in February, 2009. Most of what I [...]

  • Various quick notes

    Updated: 2010-05-23 02:38:51
    As you might imagine, there are a lot of blog posts I’d like to write I never seem to get around to, or things I’d like to comment on that I don’t want to bother ever writing a full post about. In some cases I just tweet a comment or link and leave it at [...]

  • More on Sybase IQ, including Version 15.2

    Updated: 2010-05-23 02:34:28
    Back in March, Sybase was kind enough to give me permission to post a slide deck about Sybase IQ. Well, I’m finally getting around to doing so. Highlights include but are not limited to: Slide 2 has some market success figures and so on. (>3100 copies at >1800 users, >200 sales last year) Slides 6-11 give more [...]

  • Insurance Software Deal Trends 2010: Property/Casualty Edition

    Updated: 2010-05-22 04:24:11
    Insurance deal activity, although delayed, was very active during the economic downturn.

  • Notes on SciDB and scientific data management

    Updated: 2010-05-22 02:04:24
    I firmly believe that, as a community, we should look for ways to support scientific data management and related analytics. That’s why, for example, I went to XLDB3 in Lyon, France at my own expense. Eight months ago, I wrote about issues in scientific data management. Here’s some of what has transpired since then. The main [...]

  • New Orleans on Tonight’s (5/18) TV Show Chronicle

    Updated: 2010-05-18 22:44:15
    I just saw a commercial for tonight’s (5/18) Chronicle episode highlighting New Orleans. It airs at 7:30 pm on WCVB, The Boston Channel. It could contain useful information about this year’s SLA Annual Conference location.

  • Stakeholder-facing analytics

    Updated: 2010-05-15 01:58:05
    There’s a point I keep making in speeches, and used to keep making in white papers, yet have almost never spelled out in this blog. Let me now (somewhat) correct the oversight. Analytic technology isn’t only for you. It’s also for your customers, citizens, and other stakeholders. I am not referring here to what is well understood [...]

  • Further clarifying in-database MPP SAS

    Updated: 2010-05-14 22:14:46
    My recent post about SAS’ MPP/in-database efforts was based on a discussion in a shared ride to the airport, and was correspondingly rough. SAS’ Shannon Heath was kind enough to write in with clarifications, and to allow me to post same. With permission, I’ve also made trivial grammar edits. Regarding Netezza, SAS Scoring Accelerator for Netezza [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MonashInformationServices/~4/cHUnd1BI2vQ" height="1" width="1"/

  • Social Media, Knowledge Management, Search: Hot Topics at TSIA Technology Services World

    Updated: 2010-05-13 23:12:18
    Last week, nGenera CIM attended and exhibited at the Technology Services Industry Association’s (TSIA) Technology Services World 2010 conference in Silicon Valley. We had a number of engaging conversations about issues facing the contact center and the future of customer service technology, saw many new faces and some old friends, demoed the new features in [...]

  • Further quick SAP/Sybase reactions

    Updated: 2010-05-13 09:30:46
    Raj Nathan of Sybase has been calling around to chat quickly about the SAP/Sybase deal and related matters. Talking with Raj didn’t change any of my initial reactions to SAP’s acquisition of Sybase. I also didn’t bother Raj with too many hard questions, as he was clearly in call-and-reassure mode, reaching out to customers and [...]

  • Analysis of Changes in News Libraries

    Updated: 2010-05-13 04:03:02
    Toby Pearlstein and James Matarazzo, colleges in the Boston SLA community, write about the transition in media libraries in a recent Information Today. Thanks, Garrett, for the FYI.

  • Data Visualization Tools

    Updated: 2010-05-13 04:03:01
    For some data visualization fun, check out Web Seer. Type somewhat similar, but different, bits in each box to see what the popular search suggestions are (like what Google and other engines autocomplete when you when you start typing in its search box). For some amusing examples, try “is my daughter” in one box and [...]

  • SAP believes in database proliferation

    Updated: 2010-05-12 22:31:40
    For as long as we’ve had the concept of database management, there’s been a debate as to whether it is realistic for large enterprises to have a single Grand Unified Enterprise Storehouse Of All Information, or whether database proliferation actually makes sense. This argument has been particularly intense in the area of data warehouse/data marts. [...]

  • 5/18 Berkman Lunch: Social Media Journalism and the Changing Roles of Journalists

    Updated: 2010-05-12 18:25:55
    Tuesday’s (5/18) Berkman Center for Internet & Society lunch discussion about journalism and social media should interest quite a few of you. Tune into the webcast or attend in person: 12:30 pm ET, 23 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA. “Topic: Social Media Journalism and the Changing Roles of Journalists Guest: Miriam Meckel Technologies of participation empower everyone to engage [...]

  • Quick reactions to SAP acquiring Sybase

    Updated: 2010-05-12 17:48:37
    SAP is acquiring Sybase. On the conference call SAP said Sybase would be run as a separate division of SAP (no surprise). Most of the focus was on Sybase’s mobile technology, which is forecast at >$400 million in 2010 revenues (which would be 30%ish of the total). My quick reactions include: Sybase’s main businesses are: Classic [...]

  • Why Vocanoes Matter

    Updated: 2010-05-04 19:43:14
    Reload the page to see effects . None Untitled Document First time here Register Now Keep up with industry news , exchange ideas and more Blog : Collaborative Underwriting 2.0

  • Blog Search: Ning Alternatives that Require Little to No Work?

    Updated: 2010-05-04 08:25:00
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