Executive Summary Foresight is the recommended forecasting journal of Brightwork Research & Analysis. Foresight has the following topics in its Fall 2019 issue. Description Fall 2019 Special Feature Autonomous or “Lights Out” Supply-Chain Planning: What Niels van Hove requires new Technology Analogous to the emergence of autonomous vehicles is the momentum toward autonomous supply-chain planning,…
Executive Summary The South African energy utility, Eskom, has been in long term decline. As it has been mismanaged, it has been systematically pilfered by several entities ranging from Deloitte, McKinsey, the Guptas, and SAP, among others. Introduction Eskom’s decline began around the change in government to the ANC. Eskom has been living off its…
Executive Summary SAP co-opted the term machine learning without having done much work in the area because it was “hot.” Many of SAP’s promises around predictive analytics have been transferred to machine learning. Video Introduction: How Real the SAP Machine Learning and Data Science Story is Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) The…
Executive Summary Many IT media entities propose a “data science gap.” We analyze how accurate the proposal of a data science gap is. Introduction At Brightwork Research & Analysis, we usually have popped the balloon of hype around AI/ML and its projected opportunities to improve forecast accuracy. However, a new hypothesis is now becoming popular…
Executive Summary It is often stated that AI will significantly improve forecast accuracy. These AI proponents seem to assume that it will be a simple matter to measure AI’s net improvement on forecasting. Video Introduction: Is It Possible to Know the Improvement from AI Without Knowing the Forecast Error? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched…
Executive Summary We have obtained reports of SQL Server outperforming HANA. We analyze the hardware specification differences that lie beneath SQL Server versus HANA. Why are IT departments not noticing that HANA’s performance is so unimpressive versus dramatically less expensive databases? This article was updated as of February 2021. Video Introduction: Why it is Likely…
Executive Summary IBM has become a significant provider of false information around AI. Central to IBM’s AI sales strategy is to distract attention from its colossal Watson failure. Video Introduction: How IBM is Distracting from the Watson Failure to Sell More AI Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) For over a decade, Watson…
Executive Summary Vendors and consulting firms have been aggressively selling and making exaggerated claims for AI. Consulting firms seem to switch to whatever is “hot” at the time with fantastic speed. Introduction We are now someway into the AI/ML bubble. What is curious is how many companies claim to have deep AI expertise. Our References…
Executive Summary Vendors and consulting firms have been aggressively selling AI in forecasting software and AI projects. Customers are finding something curious about these ongoing projects. Introduction We are now someway into the AI/ML bubble. What are AI projects finding to their dismay? A lack of data for running AI/ML. Our References for This Article…
Executive Summary Both SAP and Oracle have proposed that their customers place all data for applications and analytics on one of their database instances. How accurate are the claims of the benefits of such a design? Introduction In the article Exadata and data consolidation, the breakthrough towards successful transformation! Published on April 28, 2019, Oracle…