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.
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