Doug Bordonaro outlines the ways a Chief Data Officer can help organizations succeed by leveraging their data assets. Read article…

Srinath Perera suggests that with the proliferation of APIs to connect internal and external services that we should also consider their potential role in business analytics. Read article…

John Edwards gives a great overview of the promise of predictive analytics—using data to try to determine what may be and not what was. John suggest an approach to make sure your first foray is a success. Read article…

Matt Asay asserts that many businesses that start using open source databases end up struggling with the needed expertise to scale with growth. As a result, they are moving to cloud vendors that are wire protocol compatible with popular open source databases. Read article…

Data visualization software maker Tableau said Wednesday that it's buying Empirical Systems, an AI startup out of MIT. Empirical Systems is made up of a team of engineers and data scientists who created an analysis platform that aims to help customers automatically analyze structured system data. Read article…

Contributor Humberto Farias does an excellent job of explaining how data science practices can enhance traditional business methods in finding insights in your data. Read article…