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Diversity for Businesses: What happens if Diversity is at odds with the organization?
The foundation of a free society is equal worth of all its citizens. Everyone is entitled, as a right of citizenship, to be able to meet their basic needs The right to self-respect and personal autonomy demands the widest possible spread of opportunities. Not all inequalities are unjust, but unjust inequalities should be reduced and… Continue reading Diversity for Businesses: What happens if Diversity is at odds with the organization?
Azure AZ101 Checklist of Materials
Here is my checklist of Azure infrastructure handy materials that I use for AZ101 students as homework or additional class learning. I was asked for this by one of my students and I thought I'd share it here.
AWS RDS vs Microsoft Azure SQL Database: What does it mean for the business?
From the business intelligence perspective, it is incredibly useful to compare AWS RDS and Microsoft Azure SQL Database. As a freelance industry analyst who has worked with GigaOm, I'm pleased to see the GigaOM Transactional Field Test derived from the industry-standard TPC Benchmark⢠E (TPC-E) report which compares Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) and Microsoft Azure SQL Database.
Keynote and Session highlights at ASG Evolve19
I'm excited to be attending ASG Technology's Evolve19 event in Dallas, Texas on October 21 - 23. I'm particularly interested in learning more about metadata management. As I've written previously, I believe that metadata management is often overlooked in data science. It's an important part of obtaining full value from data, and it should be… Continue reading Keynote and Session highlights at ASG Evolve19
Future Decoded: Microsoft imbues ethics and responsibility into AI as a core part of Azure AI technology.
Microsoft are designing AI to be trustworthy requires creating solutions that reflect ethical principles that are deeply rooted in important and universal values. This is becoming a core principle and practice, and Microsoft are doing a great deal of research in this area. Why is this important? Information technology is ever-growing, and becoming more sophisticated… Continue reading Future Decoded: Microsoft imbues ethics and responsibility into AI as a core part of Azure AI technology.
Future Decoded: Business opportunity and sustainability in the era of AI
People don't like change, and they don't like to be changed. That's what makes Digital Transformation so challenging. Digital Transformation is one of the key topics at Future Decoded, where I'm working as an analyst this week. The Day 1 event is aimed to help visitors learn about the cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the… Continue reading Future Decoded: Business opportunity and sustainability in the era of AI
Future Decoded – see you there?
I'm excited to be attending Future Decoded in London this week. I'm attending in my role as an industry analyst, so I am not presenting. Instead, I will be interviewing Microsoft UK executives What will be happening at Future Decoded? The event itself is aimed at business decision makers and leaders, rather than a technical… Continue reading Future Decoded – see you there?
Join me at Live! 360 Orlando to learn more about Applied Business Analytics
I'm delighted to be speaking at Live! 360 Orlando and I'm presenting a workshop on From Business Intelligence to Business Analytics with the Microsoft Data Platform. The conference is held on November 17-22, 2019 at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando in Florida. Data becomes relevant for decision making when we start to use… Continue reading Join me at Live! 360 Orlando to learn more about Applied Business Analytics
Putting the Business back into Business Intelligence: reduce Data Debt by reconciling IT Department with Finance Professionals
At some point, however, we need to pay back data debt if we are to succeed in making better decisions.
Book Review: Corporate Finance and Investment: Decisions and Strategies
Corporate Finance And Investment: Decisions & Strategies by Richard Pike My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was helpful in helping me to understand the principles of corporate finance, and develop the key tools to apply it in the workplace. I will probably keep dipping into it throughout my career. It's well-rounded, covering a… Continue reading Book Review: Corporate Finance and Investment: Decisions and Strategies
Uncensored #AI and #SupplyChain Influencers Jen Stirrup, Rachael White, Sharlyn Lauby and Oliver Christie at #SAPAriba Live
More thought-provoking content from the SAPAriba conference to follow on later posts, but, for now, here is a teaser of some of the uncensored, uncut conversation with thought leaders Rachael White of Cool Logistics, Sharlyn Lauby of HRBartender and Oliver Christie, world-renowned Artificial Intelligence futurist, influencer and leader. Tune in to this video, and more… Continue reading Uncensored #AI and #SupplyChain Influencers Jen Stirrup, Rachael White, Sharlyn Lauby and Oliver Christie at #SAPAriba Live
