How to Get Past an Ineffective Meeting Culture
Have you ever been sitting in a meeting and thinking to yourself, “Why am I here?” As it turns out, you may not be the only one. A Harvard study surveyed 182 senior managers in…
Considerations When Choosing a Development Framework
Have you ever been in the situation where you are ready to start a new project but are overwhelmed by the framework options to choose from? How do you know which one to pick? Which…
Extending the Vendor-Provided Capabilities of Oracle Identity Manager
If you have ever worked on an Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) project, you’ve probably come across a situation where OIM was lacking in an area where you expected it to “just work.” This seems to…
Good Habits for Successful Workers: Communication
Good communication skills are essential in any job. It would be great if communication were like math and science; follow the formula and it just works. Unfortunately, there’s an art to communication, and to some…
Wellness in the Workplace
It is no secret that finding time for exercise can be difficult, particularly when most of your day is spent at a desk. A sometimes even greater task is trying to eat healthy foods when…
The Real Threat of a Security Breach
Our data is everywhere. Every time you make a purchase, book a flight, reserve a hotel room, get your oil changed - your personal and financial information is exchanged. Individual consumers can take steps to…
Machine Learning and Flip Phones
Machine Learning and Flip Phones Doing data analytics in Excel is like tweeting from your flip phone. It's time to move on. It was January 2007. I had just started my last semester of high…
TensorFlow: Introduction & Effective Implementation
In this post I will discuss some important points of TensorFlow; namely what is it, how it works, and how easily it can be used in production environments with Keras and eager processing. Enterprises that…
Navigating Machine Learning Obstacles
“Machine learning” has been a buzzword for a while now, and studies continue to affirm the substance behind the hype. Even the most traditional of businesses are now rushing to adopt machine learning into their…
Why Hire a Computer Systems Consultant?
More than once in my computer consulting career I’ve heard clients ask questions similar to the following: Why didn’t you know about that? Or, you’re the expert with this software, so how was this problem…