The international analyst firm known as BARC, for Business Application Research Center, has been compared to Gartner and Forrester for its broad, vendor-independent assessment of vendors. BARC calls its annual survey “the world’s largest annual survey of business intelligence users.”
The survey has just begun and runs until mid-May.… Read more...
…the smart city movement is less about technology and more about improving the way decisions are made in large urban areas, where the demand for services is increasing and the availability of resources is diminishing.”
Michael Flowers, as interpreted by Mike Barlow in a 2015 O’Reilly report, Smart Cities, Smarter Citizens.… Read more...
A city that seems smart one moment can look like the dumbest thing alive the next moment. All it takes is one little cloud outage.
We’ve taken cloud outages in stride. After all, how often does it really matter if you place an Amazon order now or in an hour or two?… Read more...
At first, the term “smart cities” may sound like just another bit of fluff — another one of the data industry’s fascinations. It did to me. But I’ve been reading about it, and I’ve come to think that the reality may hold real benefits for the data industry — more than just a new market for bright, shiny products.… Read more...
Visualization purists will reject this. It’s mossy — as in moss.
At first glance, it’s a visualization. It represents parks, forests, rivers, and lakes in Berlin, Germany. On further examination, you want to touch it.
The mossy-viz idea seems to have begun when Sebastian Meier sought a more sensual experience than he could give with an ordinary map.… Read more...