Over the past few months, a debate has been proceeding on whether or not a new discipline, a new career path, is emerging from the tsunami of data bearing down on us. The need for a new type of Renaissance [Wo]Man to deal with the Big Data onslaught. more »

'Tis been longer than intended, but we finally have the technology, time and resources to continue with our Open Source Solutions Decision Support System Study Guide (OSS DSS SG). This post gives a descriptions of the capabilities we want and the OSS projects we'll use. more »

The next step in our open source solutions (OSS) for decision support systems (DSS) study guide (SG), according to the syllabus, is to make our first decision: a formal definition of "Decision Support System" and listing the technologies that will contri… more »

This is part of our open source solutions decision support system study guide, but a bit off the timeline to respond to two recent tempests in a tweet-pot, pitting R against SAS. more »

This Introduction to our Open Source Solutions Decision Support Study Guide continues the discussion of the processes and technologies that constitute a DSS. more »