Redefining ‘Big’ in Big Data – Action, Ideas and Results. Matthew Shoup of LinkedIn provides a wonderful set of ways to interpret the ‘Big’ in Big Data. It is not so much the quantity of data that is important for many companies but rather what is done with it. While having lots of data is …

Since Pentaho is free and PDI is so easy, our team no longer will use any stand-alone SQL as part of our extract transform and load (ETL) process. Many times we have determined that we only need to extract the data ‘one time’. Inevitably, we need to run it again or something very similar. It …

I had the good fortune to attend a Sheetz vendor meeting at which Joe Sheetz, the next CEO shared a bit of the history regarding the company’s valuable brand. He discussed how the brand was built ‘accidently’ rather than by a marketing plan. That is, it was created without specific intent. As I listened, I …

BandyWorks Sheetz VIP Vendor 2013 Tom Bandy received the award at the distribution center in Altoona, Pa. Each year the IT team shares their goals for the next year and recognizes vendors who helped them in the current year. Steve Winegardner, Programming Services Manager at Sheetz stated that he appreciated the flexible work and willingness …

Entrepreneur Magazine features Tom Bandy – How to Overcome Your Fears. The article shares his extensive experience with multiple technology companies. Naturally, the article on fear addresses the emotions of start-ups. Of course, high risk creates fear. He shares the challenges  overcome by many entrepreneurs. Four decades of data analytics drives innovation. Fear is a …

Tom, Andrea and Ashley were interviewed by the Emporia News.

Petersburg entrepreneur returns to work with advanced training PETERSBURG – Petersburg businessman Tom Bandy has completed a week-long executive education program that was part the reward for winning a statewide competition last year. Bandy, head of the Petersburg-based software company BandyWorks, was the first Resilience Award winner to claim the main prize – enrollment in …

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and its Tayloe Murphy Center announced its first winners. Tom Bandy was selected one of the first Resilience Award winners from the statewide competition. The main prize was a week-long Darden Executive Education program. Darden Executive Education Enrolls First Tayloe Murphy Center Resilience Award Winner