tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202893.post4836788486677378944..comments2023-10-18T08:32:17.510-07:00Comments on Kevin Hillstrom: MineThatData: Effective Use Of Your DatabaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202893.post-88885789789563310052008-06-26T11:43:00.000-07:002008-06-26T11:43:00.000-07:00Sure, poorly designed databases are a big problem,...Sure, poorly designed databases are a big problem, and will greatly limit the ability of a bright analyst to make insights.<BR/><BR/>Over time, I've observed that great analysts take poor data and make sense out of it, getting "what they can" from poor data. To me, this is so important, given that few people really have or can afford high quality databases.MineThatDatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014200122021988374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202893.post-75384827435684951422008-06-26T11:16:00.000-07:002008-06-26T11:16:00.000-07:00Kevin,Thanks for continuing to provide very strong...Kevin,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for continuing to provide very strong content. <BR/><BR/>I was on a plane last night and reading a print out of this blog entry. I was sitting next to an account person, she wanted to take a look, and had a comment. While I understood what you meant about People > Database Design, she countered with if the databsse has been designed and built incorrectly, that can prevent even a solid analyst from getting the required information out of it. That makes sense to me, as that has been an opinion of mine when faced with the "Database is a commodity" argument. Poorly designed ones are (or worse), but well designed ones are still strategic. Do you have any thoughts one way or the other on this?<BR/><BR/>S. TopperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202893.post-7741973083399866042008-06-21T13:59:00.000-07:002008-06-21T13:59:00.000-07:00Could be, we'll see in about a year!Could be, we'll see in about a year!MineThatDatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014200122021988374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202893.post-1619314780529812922008-06-20T22:10:00.000-07:002008-06-20T22:10:00.000-07:00Kevin,In a slow economy, focus is on lowering cost...Kevin,<BR/>In a slow economy, focus is on lowering costs(i.e. outsourcing to India) vs growing sales. As economy rebounds in 2009 from pentup demand and flatlined or lowered fuel costs, the retailers still reducing costs will be caught off-balance as retailers focusing on growing sales and their channels should capture huge gains.<BR/> <BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com