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

AI for BI: Better or Faster Decisions?

AI was big news in 2018, but we overlooked the two distinct aspects of AI -- how it can augment human decision making or automate decision making. Here's why the distinction is important.

By Barry Devlin
January 22, 2019

Putting IT in CapITalism

Legally correct and ethical behavior is demanded of finance, marketing, and sales. Why should IT be different?

By Barry Devlin
December 6, 2018

Will AI Kill the Data Scientist?

Humans see less data as businesses collect more of it, which means we need something beyond data scientists.

By Barry Devlin
November 19, 2018

It's Information Governance We Need

Information governance requires us to discern the intention behind information and its provenance rather than the bald facts of its technical sources and processing demanded by data governance.