IBM’s Think Conference was last week at Mandalay Bay, and surrounding locations, in Las Vegas. Think is a first-of-its-kind combination of World of Watson, Amplify, Connect, Edge, and InterConnect – and probably other smaller conferences. Attended by 30,000, it was IBM’s largest ever conference that featured...
Today, there are many cloud vendors and many companies are not just choosing one of them. They have multiple clouds and for many reasons. They’re avoiding lock-in and choosing the vendor that makes sense for the kind of work they want to do. For example,...
Inc. Magazine Unveils 36th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000 NEW YORK, November 15, 2017 – Inc. magazine ranked MCKNIGHT CONSULTING GROUP NO. 743 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents...
I gave the keynote at the Denodo DataFest last week in New York. Congratulations to Denodo for pulling off a well-received, fantastic 2 days to a standing room only crowd. The data management practice topics were timeless and actually what most data practicioners need more...
If you're looking for upcoming trends in computing resources, look west towards Silicon Valley and see what Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, eBay, and their ilk are doing. Coming to light lately is their investment in graphics processing units (GPUs). GPUs have made the jump from controlling monsters,...
My last article on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) concluded that "the split of the necessary AI/ML between the 'edge' of corporate users and the software itself is still to be determined." Several readers have reached out to ask about the tools and...
Many are talking about artificial intelligence (AI), myself included. AI holds promise for organizations in every industry and every size. Some of the challenge today is how to prepare for AI in the organization and how to plan AI applications when there is a dearth...
Denodo DataFest is a data management and analytics conference which brings together business leaders and technical experts for redefining analytics for successful self-service BI, cloud, and big data initiatives. It will provide latest information on technologies that enable an enterprise-wide rapid data strategy through agile, holistic,...
Most data architects need to make quick database platform decisions to support business applications. The applications teams notoriously fail to include the data team until late in the game, by which time deadlines have been set. This is an organizational problem that should be fixed,...
As information management practitioners, we have the honorable charge to enable analytics with powerful platforms delivering key data to business users who will make game-changing insights. At least that is what we tell ourselves we are doing. Say the following statement to yourself: "Platforms and data...