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The wisdom of one in a circled R

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What does Howard Dresner’s recent trademark registration mean?

He says that registering “Wisdom of Crowds” is “all about protecting intellectual property.” Well, obviously.

It’s obviously more than that, too. This is the guy who’s famed for naming and helping define the business intelligence industry. When he shows up at TDWI and other hardcore BI events, the bright lights of notoriety still gleam on his shiny head. This is Mr. BI, and he’s just trademarked a slogan I’d guess most BI types still don’t get.

He completed the registration in September, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office trademark database. In 2011, he also registered “Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study.”… Read the rest “The wisdom of one in a circled R”

Big BI and the ladder man to come calling at the Tableau conference

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Howard Dresner is a celebrity in the business intelligence industry, but most people at last year’s Tableau conference didn’t even recognize him when he showed up there.

Who needs BI? Tableau Software liked to think it had left BI behind. BI people, after all, were the control freaks who denied access to data. They sneered at Tableau’s “pretty pictures.” They cared more about data hygiene than data analysis.

But there he was. Stephen Few spotted him in the audience a few minutes into his keynote and paused to wonder if it was really him. Tableau vice president of marketing Elissa Fink welcomed him.… Read the rest “Big BI and the ladder man to come calling at the Tableau conference”

Put a mobile device on your dashboard

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What if you could snap an iPad into your car’s dashboard to let the device listen to your car’s murmurs? Perhaps it could receive its maintenance-alert emails, the ones that let you know when it’s ready for an oil change or new seat covers. If you also kept your calendar on the iPad — and who wouldn’t? — your iPad could schedule a date with the mechanic.

Howard Dresner, the man who revived the term “business intelligence,” is now excited about mobile devices. This fall, he issued a study. And though I have been ambivalent — and who hasn’t been?… Read the rest “Put a mobile device on your dashboard”