Last January, I surveyed BI consultants to see what the season’s recession was doing to BI. Things were going fine, most reported. This week I’m following up with them on the Panic of ’08.
Archives for October 2008
Dings to talk about when offshoring data
Restless minds will want to know what Asian manufacture of furniture, clothes, electronics and other goods has to do with business intelligence.
A globe-trotting industrial engineer who’d rather not be named has been telling me about different perceptions of quality among nationalities. He works on contract to American companies to ensure that product quality lives up to agreements.
When Americans buys new stuff, they assume it’ll come out of the box without dings, dents, scrapes or other flaws. Seams will be tight, electrical joints will be well soldered, paint on the fender will match the hood, wood veneer will be smooth.… Read the rest “Dings to talk about when offshoring data”
Stories that tell the bigger story
In a good example of “show, don’t tell,” Tableau Software’s weblog demonstrates the power of its product with a story: how rich, middle-income and poor voters compare in liberal, conservative and battleground states. The political story is awkward to tell in words, but it’s easy in pictures. Pictures that tell stories is what Tableau’s all about.