Contributor: Steve Swoyer
Stephen Swoyer is a technology writer with more than 16 years of experience. His writing has focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics for almost a decade. He’s particularly intrigued by the thorny people and process problems most BI and DW vendors almost never want to acknowledge, let alone talk about.
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All articles by Steve Swoyer
Vendors have taken to advanced analytics like sharks to a feeding frenzy. What's whetting their appetite is companies' need for big data and IoT services -- along with the analytics know-how to maximize the value of these technologies.
- By Steve Swoyer
- July 5, 2016
Cisco Systems and IBM announced they'll collaborate on edge analytics. What is edge analytics and why does it matter?
- By Steve Swoyer
- June 30, 2016
The Transaction Performance Processing Council has revised its official big data benchmark: the aptly titled TPCx-BB. Benchmarks matter -- but not for the reasons you might think.
- By Steve Swoyer
- June 28, 2016
Despite the growing need for data quality, organizations are stuck facing the same problems using the same tools and techniques as years past.
- By Steve Swoyer
- June 27, 2016
As we contemplate a future in which machines produce analytics insights, remember that no combination of technologies and methods can replace the human capacity for curiosity and wonder.
- By Steve Swoyer
- June 9, 2016
IT decision-makers weren't confident in the quality of their data 20 years ago, and they still aren't hopeful in 2016. Far from it, according to a new survey.
- By Steve Swoyer
- June 8, 2016