Transportation expert Bob McQueen, consultant to Teradata and other data-industry clients, says it’s time that public transit operators institute money-back guarantees. He sees these being done first as an in-house experiment that can be later rolled out to the public.
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The new Teradata in three words
Teradata has been morphing into its new self for a few years now, and last week they tied a ribbon on it. They’ve got a few new phrases, a new logo, and a new tagline — all to tell the world they’re about more now than the data foundation, they do the doors and windows, too.
“Invest in answers,” one new line commands. And the new logo’s bright red period after “teradata” seems to say that Teradata’s all you need to do it.
Then there’s the tagline: “pervasive data intelligence.”
I think a good tagline stands on its own, shimmering like a one-line poem.… Read the rest “The new Teradata in three words”
Tableau’s first conference / What a little tool proved
Ten years ago this month, Tableau made me want data. One magical demo of the almost unknown Tableau desktop tool was like a trapeze act. It looked so easy, so fluid, and so much fun as director of visual analysis Jock Mackinlay showed off daring leaps in rapid succession. I had no data, but that made me want to get some so I could play like that.
At the first Tableau Customer Conference (“customer” was dropped later), July 20, 2008. fewer than 200 people showed up, including staff. I was the one journalist or industry analyst. We stood in crammed corridors and meeting rooms at the 223-room Edgewater Inn on the Seattle waterfront.… Read the rest “Tableau’s first conference / What a little tool proved”