Steve Miller is co-founder of a Chicago-based business intelligence (BI) services firm OpenBI, LLC, that specializes in delivering analytic solutions with both open source and commercial technologies. Miller has more than 30 years of experience in intelligence and analytics, having migrated from health care program evaluation, to database consulting with Oracle Corporation, to running a fast-growing BI services business at Braun Consulting. Advances in technology over that time have fundamentally enabled the use of quantitative methods for business differentiation. OpenBI, LLC, is all about helping customers attain that differentiation. Steve blogs frequently on Stats Man's Corner at miller.openbi.com. You can reach him at steve.miller@openbi.com.

The Vegetarian Enjoys Steak – Open Source R Meets Proprietary Spotfire
July 27, 2010 Twice a year my nephew and niece go off the vegetarian wagon, enjoying grilled pork chops or big hamburgers for special...

The Revolution Analytics Blog
July 20, 2010 What, in sum, must Revolution Analytics do to be successful?

Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?
July 13, 2010 I see merits to both sides of this debate. What do you think?

SAS, Business Analytics, Research and Fact-Based Decision-Making
July 6, 2010 It's no secret that I'm no longer a big fan of SAS software, but I found my investment in the latest SAS Business Report to be...

Predictive Analytics at DePaul University
June 29, 2010 Kudos to DePaul for again assuming a leadership role combining rigorous academics with a practical business focus

Plan A or Plan B or ...
June 22, 2010 Perhaps President Eisenhower was right when he said: “Plans are useless but planning is indispensable”

SAS, SPSS and R
June 15, 2010 In the increasingly “flat” statistical world, the ability to speak in several statistical tongues will be an...

Correlation vs Causality in BI
June 8, 2010 Maybe I'm naïve, but I see no reason why clever analysts can't have the best of both correlational and causal worlds

BI Surveys, Research and The Wisdom of Crowds Study
June 2, 2010 I give the "Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study" a high A- grade and hope it's quality encourages vendors,...

Misconceptions About Statistics – Part 2
May 26, 2010 One of my pet statistical peeves is that slaves to statistical significance confuse their “positive” findings with...