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
Even when organizations have the necessary data to improve service processes, customers may still receive confusing communications that make organizations seem incompetent.
- By Mike Schiff
- November 9, 2016
Predictive analytics can get things wrong. Here's what your enterprise needs to do to prevent problems or public relations disasters.
- By Mike Schiff
- October 17, 2016
We often assume that data obtained from outside sources meets the same quality standards as data from our own operational systems. Unfortunately, this may not be true.
- By Mike Schiff
- August 30, 2016
Vendors should consider the cloud as more than another direct revenue channel. Don't overlook the ways you can benefit from offering a cloud-based solution.
- By Mike Schiff
- May 24, 2016
Rather than saving every piece of data by default, enterprises should evaluate their data and assess whether keeping it is a potential value or a potential risk.
- By Mike Schiff
- May 20, 2016
Data scientist is a wildly popular job title, but a good data scientist needs more than strong analytics skills. Knowing the business is crucial.
- By Mike Schiff
- March 10, 2016
How accurate were our data warehousing observer's predictions, and what's ahead for 2016?
- By Mike Schiff
- December 15, 2015
How accurate were our data warehousing observer's predictions, and what's ahead for 2016?
- By Mike Schiff
- December 14, 2015