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New Book Review: "Customer Data Integration"

New book review for Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth (SAS Institute Inc), by Jil Dyche and Evan Levy, Wiley, 2006, reposted here: After discussing customer relationship management (CRM), master data management (MDM), and CDI, the authors discuss the challenges of data integration and the far-reaching

New Book Review: "Getting Started with Talend Open Studio for Data Integration"

New book review for Getting Started with Talend Open Studio for Data Integration, by Jonathan Bowen, Packt Publishing, 2012, reposted here: Decent introductory text on getting started with Talend Open Studio for Data Integration. After briefly discussing installation (which was trivial in my case, since I installed on Windows 7,

New Book Review: "R in a Nutshell"

New book review for R in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (Second Edition), by Joseph Adler, O'Reilly, 2012, reposted here: This book is the second that I purchased this past year to get up to speed on the R language and environment, along with "R in

Pro Bono: IEEE Chicago Section Statistician - Part 3

This post is the third in a series on my pro bono efforts outside of the workplace as Statistician for the IEEE Chicago Section, a new position that I filled this past year after the membership development team realized that ongoing data analyses and reporting was needed around declining enrollment.

New Book Review: "Revenue and the CMO"

New book review for Revenue and the CMO: How Marketing Will Impact Revenue Through Big Data & Social Selling, by Glenn Gow, Crimson Marketing, 2013, reposted here: This book is all about how the Chief Marketing Officer, and those with similar roles, can bridge the gap between creating more sales

No Fluff Just Stuff 2013 Day 3:Simulation Testing with Simulant

Simulation Testing with Simulant (Stuart Halloway) November 10, 2013: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM From the conference materials: Simulation allows a rigorous, scalable, and reproducible approach to testing. The separation of concerns, and the use of a versioned, time-aware database, give simulation great power. This talk will introduce simulation

Pro Bono: IEEE Chicago Section Statistician - Part 2

This past month, I submitted a first post in a series that discusses some of my pro bono contributions as Statistician for the IEEE Chicago Section. As stated in that post, my goals are to work with the Membership Development Chair to meet his immediate needs, as well as explore

New Book Review: "R Graphics Cookbook"

New book review for R Graphics Cookbook, by Winston Chang, O'Reilly, 2012, reposted here: This book is the third that I have recently used to get up to speed on the R language and environment. The other two texts include "R in a Nutshell" and "

New Book Review: "Seven Databases in Seven Weeks"

New book review for Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement, by Eric Redmond and Jim Wilson, Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012, reposted here: Over the past couple years, I have read considerably about non-traditional database products, whether they be categorized as NoSQL or NewSQL,

Pro Bono: IEEE Chicago Section Statistician - Part 1

Over three years have past since my last post here on my pro bono efforts outside of the workplace. My latest pro bono contributions over the last few months have been working as Statistician for the IEEE Chicago section. The Statistician role is new for the section, and works within