Off the charts: “black swan” ahead?

“Black swans” are the anti-gravity of predictive analytics. These events are so far off the charts that we dismiss the possibility out of hand. But when one occurs, it’s a doozy.

The Panic of ‘08 may lead us straight into one of these, says Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness [...]

My latest for BI This Week: predictive analytics sits out Oracle OpenWorld

My latest for TDWI’s online newsweekly, BI This Week, appeared tonight.

Analysis: Predictive Analytics and Oracle OpenWorld
Predictive analytics seemed to sit it out at the recent Oracle OpenWorld, except for one recent Oracle acquisition.

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