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
Data from an online tech jobs marketplace suggests that the supply of data scientists might actually be catching up with demand.
- By Steve Swoyer
- September 26, 2016
The Terminology Trap has the potential to distract even the sharpest of tacks. How can we avoid terminological trivialities and keep the focus on the concrete outcomes that matter to people?
- By Steve Swoyer
- September 23, 2016
According to a new IDC report, demand for business analytics software -- particularly advanced or predictive analytics -- is growing at a healthy clip. Demand for traditional query and reporting technologies is relatively flat.
- By Steve Swoyer
- September 22, 2016
Since it introduced Power BI publisher for Excel, Microsoft has been working to enhance it with new features and to fix bugs highlighted by users.
- By Steve Swoyer
- September 21, 2016
Tableau officials are adamant that the transition of cofounders Christian Chabot and Chris Stolte to new roles won't disrupt ongoing product development. If anything, they claim, customers should expect more from Tableau.
- By Steve Swoyer
- September 19, 2016
Without tools to measure social influence, we can't select the right influencer for a particular effort or campaign. Start-up Hypr Brands says it brings prescriptive clarity and analytics insight to influencer marketing.
- By Steve Swoyer
- September 16, 2016