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Monday, December 16, 2013

What your wireless carrier knows about you

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Data Governance and Data Quality: Angels and Angles

http://smartdatacollective.com/gayle-nixon/170141/data-governance-data-quality-angels-angles

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

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Take an issues-driven approach to business intelligence

http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Take-an-issues-driven-approach-to-business-intelligence

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

o  405.523.5412, 800.654.8489 x5412

f   405.416.7973

mark.nance@af-group. com

 

   

 




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Monday, November 25, 2013

link

http://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/business-intelligence/

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

o  405.523.5412, 800.654.8489 x5412

f   405.416.7973

mark.nance@af-group. com

 

   

 




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Insight not Information

http://www.infohatch.com/businteltoday.htm

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

o  405.523.5412, 800.654.8489 x5412

f   405.416.7973

mark.nance@af-group. com

 

   

 




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The small-budget path to enjoying big data views

http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/the-small-budget-path-to-enjoying-big-data-views/

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

o  405.523.5412, 800.654.8489 x5412

f   405.416.7973

mark.nance@af-group. com

 

   

 




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Big Data Will Anchor The Next Revolution In The Mobile Industry

http://www.businessinsider.com/big-data-is-the-next-business-paradigm-2013-11

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

o  405.523.5412, 800.654.8489 x5412

f   405.416.7973

mark.nance@af-group. com

 

   

 




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Monday, November 18, 2013

FW: Road ID - Incomplete Order # 84817167-996

Great example of using BI to address business opportunities and issues

 

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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:52 AM
To: Mark Nance
Subject: Fwd: Road ID - Incomplete Order # 84817167-996

 



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Date: November 18, 2013 at 9:10:49 AM CST
To: marknance@me.com
Subject: Road ID - Incomplete Order # 84817167-996

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Friday, November 15, 2013

BI

Here are the 9 things which I believe make a business intelligence solution that has the potential to inspire:

1.       Making the data interactive, engaging and widely accessible.

2.      Present the data in relevant ways which allow people to see patterns and come to conclusions

3.      Linking with social media so that people can access it on their terms, share ideas, insight and actions

4.      Making relevant data available to everyone

5.      Linking it up with existing business processes

6.      Being able to do something about issues they find

7.      Understand whether what they have done has made a difference and how they can get better

8.     Understand how social media can add value to the data

9.      Use the data to help look to the future and make predictions

 

 

Mark S. Nance CIA, CISA, CRMA

Vice President - Internal Audit

American Fidelity Corporation

2000 N. Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK 73106

PO Box 25523 Oklahoma City, OK 73125

o  405.523.5412, 800.654.8489 x5412

f   405.416.7973

mark.nance@af-group. com

 

   

 




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Monday, November 11, 2013

It's Too Late for Data Governance

http://shar.es/8rc5a
The more data sources your analysts can trust, the more insights they can derive and that will always be worth the effort. Just don't wait until it's too late.
 

Big-Data’s Diminishing Returns

This is true because you will literally have exploited most opportunities in your Customer base over time.
 
 

Big Data Requires Big Trust

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/8/big_data_requires_big_trust.htm

Friday, November 8, 2013

Essential Reading



The 5 Ingredients of Good Decision-Making
The Top 10 Trends In Analytics 2013
7 Definitions of Big Data You Should Know About

Implementing Business Intelligence Standards: Save Money and Improve Business Insight

Business Intelligence Best Practices 1

Why CRM Financial Analysis Always Fails

So, What's Your Algoritm?

By
Dennis K. Berman
January 4, 2012

We are ruined by our own biases. When making decisions, we see what we want, ignore probabilities, and minimize risks that uproot our hopes.

What's worse, "we are often confident even when we are wrong," writes Daniel Kahneman, in his masterful new book on psychology and economics called "Thinking, Fast and Slow."

An objective observer, he writes, "is more likely to detect our errors than we are."

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203462304577138961342097348

When Big Data goes bad: 6 epic fails

You Say You Want A [Big Data] Revolution? But Is Your C-suite ready?

http://shar.es/81Zn0
The power of data analysis to alter the business landscape is so great that company C-suites will need to create new roles like the chief data officer. 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Check em all out

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Aligning BI with Business Strategy

A recent survey conducted by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) found that successful business intelligence initiatives are almost five times more likely to have project teams in which IT is “very aligned” with the business. TDWI defines successful BI initiatives as those that support critical business processes, are seen by users as mission critical, and are meeting users’ needs. While all organizations begin their BI initiatives with the expectation of success, many struggle to align their technology approach to BI with specific business goals and objectives and as a result, deliver solutions that fail to meet business needs.
 
 

Selling BI to the business

Business executives already know our secret. The best business intelligence systems are not about the system. The best business intelligence systems are about the business. Sometimes it’s up to us, as IT professionals, to remind ourselves of this reality. When talking to a business executive, don’t use keywords like analytics, data mining or data warehouses. Instead, talk to them about their business.