Archive for November, 2016

The Silver Lining in an Ugly Political Season

The Silver Lining in an Ugly Political Season

(This editorial was written before the historic election on Nov 8th.) The rancor and division in this election year have left most citizens speechless and… Read More ›

Apache Spark Turbo Charges Big Data Analysis

Apache Spark Turbo Charges Big Data Analysis

Apache Projects[1] “Spark” provides a faster and more general data processing platform. Spark lets you run programs up to 100x faster in memory, or 10x… Read More ›

Smart Operations: The Perfect Partner for Lean & lean Six Sigma

Smart Operations: The Perfect Partner for Lean & lean Six Sigma

Examples of organizations using big data collection and analysis, the Internet of Things, investment in technology and pervasive partner collaboration to maximize value streams for… Read More ›

Rolling the Dice…the Trump Presidency

Rolling the Dice…the Trump Presidency

Thank God it’s finally over…..or is it? We are all hearing the talking heads analyze what may come to pass with the Trump Presidency, but… Read More ›