Are you a BI Avoider

Found an interesting blog that describes the kinds of BI users typically found in most organizations.
http://blog.strat-wise.com/2011/03/20/are-you-a-business-intelligence-avoider.aspx
With adoption rates being low for "Descriptive" statistics it's not surprising that "Predictive" statistics is even more difficult to widely adopt.

Unplugged - The Disconnect Of Intelligence and Analytics by George Shen

I think the diagrams in this article effectively highlight where Business Analytics fits into the larger BI framework.  Should be useful to others thinking about where Data Mining fits into BI.

http://www.information-management.com/issues/21_1/unplugged-10019478-1.html

The Nine Laws of Business Intelligence

I like the way these "laws" of BI are presented.  http://khabaza.codimension.net/index_files/9laws.htm

BI Generalists Get IT Done!

I've always wrestled with the Jack of All Trades, Master of None approach.  10 years ago colleagues specialized in database, middle tier, front end, J2EE, .NET, web development, IT management vs technical tracks, etc...   I'm still happy to have taken the BI road. :)
I think this article is a good summary http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/all/the-value-of-the-business-intelligence-generalist/?cs=43917 of the benefits/weaknesses of the generalist approach.

Need for a BI Spanner Blog

I've been thinking about how to best describe what I do for a while.  I read a recent post by Wayne Eckerson at TDWI and I think he's coined a great term.
http://tdwi.org/blogs/wayne-eckerson/2010/10/the-spanner.aspx 

This blog is going to be aimed at providing content to help other "Spanners!"  --
Eric