Month: December 2013
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The Generalists Path to Learning about BI & Analytics in Higher Education
Sargent Shultz from the 1960’s era show, Hogans Heros often declared, I know know nothing, I see nothing, I am not here That is my disclaimer…. I know nothing about BI and analytics. The problem is there is this huge clammer for someone who does know something about BI and Analytics. I often hear the…
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The Knowledge Free Call Center’s Impact on Open Source in Higher Ed
In 2007 I began doing a talk called Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: Why Free is Better Even if you Have a Budget . The original talk focused on my experience from moving from the open source LMS Moodle from WebCT but has had several forks over the years. I think this presentation is…
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Knowledge Free Support Centers vs. Commercially Supported Open Source
I have heard more than once in the past year how IT is realizing how important people are to the success of projects. We are hearing this from peers, consultants and vendors. What a great trend. However, I am also in the business of writing POs for licensing and services to many of these same…