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
The traditional distinction between governance planning and implementation won't work for data-driven digital businesses.
- By Barry Devlin
- August 28, 2017
The hunger for profit is driving the convergence of the digital and physical worlds, which raises some deeply disturbing privacy implications.
- By Barry Devlin
- July 10, 2017
The data vault model and data warehouse automation are worth investigating if you are about to embark on a new data warehouse project.
- By Barry Devlin
- June 19, 2017
To win in the marketplace, an organization must incorporate IoT data and analytics, as well as artificial intelligence, into its strategic vision.
- By Barry Devlin
- May 16, 2017
Algorithms may not be as impartial as we think. Avoiding problems with algorithms will demand collaboration and novel thinking across your entire organization.
- By Barry Devlin
- May 9, 2017
The logical data warehouse is not a replacement for a traditional data warehouse; it's an extension.
- By Barry Devlin
- March 9, 2017
At the 2017 World Economic Forum meeting, tech industry leaders openly discussed some of the ethical and societal challenges facing the current surge in big data-driven AI.
- By Barry Devlin
- February 17, 2017
Data lakes disturb me. It's the shallowness of the definition that concerns me the most.
- By Barry Devlin
- January 31, 2017