Contributor: Mike Shiff
Michael A. Schiff is founder and principal analyst of MAS Strategies, which specializes in formulating effective data warehousing strategies. With more than four decades of industry experience as a developer, user, consultant, vendor, and industry analyst, Mike is an expert in developing, marketing, and implementing solutions that transform operational data into useful decision-enabling information.
His prior experience as an IT director and systems and programming manager provide him with a thorough understanding of the technical, business, and political issues that must be addressed for any successful implementation. With Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from MIT's Sloan School of Management and as a certified financial planner, Mike can address both the technical and financial aspects of data warehousing and business intelligence.
All articles by Mike Schiff
The recent data breaches should serve as a catalyst to more seriously consider what data we collect and store in our data warehouses.
- By Mike Schiff
- November 13, 2017
Internet of Things devices are becoming more common in every organization. Make sure you are implementing at least minimum standards for IoT security.
- By Mike Schiff
- October 9, 2017
As data warehouse practitioners, we recognize the importance and value of our organizations' data. We must also recognize that it can only be useful if the proper processes and education are in place.
- By Mike Schiff
- August 8, 2017
Facial recognition technology allows us to recognize prospects and link them to our customer data warehouses while potentially providing an additional data source.
- By Mike Schiff
- July 13, 2017
An ISP's ability to sell our browsing history will create an additional big data source while expanding our digital footprints and further invading our privacy.
- By Mike Schiff
- May 26, 2017
Is your organization using AI techniques that involve your data warehouse? If you want to add AI to your analytics, you'll need to distinguish authentic AI from marketing jargon.
- By Mike Schiff
- May 22, 2017
Although we may be subject to intense pressure to meet implementation targets, we should make every effort to avoid treating our user community as beta testers or supplying users with inaccurate program prompts or user documentation.
- By Mike Schiff
- February 15, 2017
Industry analyst Michael Schiff shares the results of last year's predictions and what he foresees in the coming year.
- By Mike Schiff
- December 14, 2016