Contributor: Barry Devlin
Dr. Barry Devlin, founder and principal of 9sight Consulting, is among the foremost authorities on business insight and big data, and is one of the founders of data warehousing, having published the first architectural paper on the topic in 1988. With over 30 years of IT experience, including 20 years with IBM as a Distinguished Engineer, he is a widely respected analyst, consultant, lecturer and author of the seminal book, “Data Warehouse—from Architecture to Implementation” and numerous White Papers. His new book “Business unintelligence—Insight and Innovation beyond Analytics and Big Data” is published later this year. A regular contributor to multiple publications, Barry is based in Cape Town, South Africa and operates worldwide.
All articles by Barry Devlin
Part 1 of this series showed that data needs the context of information to be useful. Here we explain why information alone is still insufficient.
- By Barry Devlin
- November 8, 2016
Data without context lacks meaning and purpose, but how is data different from information? Defining your terms is the first step to more insightful decisions.
- By Barry Devlin
- November 7, 2016
Since publishing our series on autonomous vehicles, there's much to report, including a new policy highlighting data sharing to improve safety.
- By Barry Devlin
- October 5, 2016
New decisions about the meaning of data ownership are urgently necessary in the context of big data and the Internet of Things.
- By Barry Devlin
- July 25, 2016
The success of Pokémon Go means more than profits for the developers -- it may be the first of many ways companies exploit large amounts of location data.
- By Barry Devlin
- July 20, 2016
Many of the technology challenges facing driverless cars are already well understood and, in some cases, solved. We have to give more thought to the legal, ethical, and societal impacts.
- By Barry Devlin
- July 14, 2016
Just as flesh-and-blood horse power was displaced by engine horsepower, human driving skills will transfer to the machine intelligence of driverless cars. Will new jobs be created or found to replace those displaced by self-driving vehicles?
- By Barry Devlin
- July 13, 2016
The data gathered by today's cars has already formed the foundation of new applications and novel businesses. The driverless car will only accelerate this trend.
- By Barry Devlin
- July 12, 2016