About Fern Halper

I’m the VP and Senior Research Director for Advanced Analytics at TDWI.  Prior to joining TDWI I was a partner at Hurwitz & Associates, a consulting, research and analyst firm that focuses on the customer benefits derived when advanced and emerging software technologies are used to solve business problems. I have over twenty-five years of experience in data analysis, business analysis, and strategy development. I served as Senior Vice President for enterprise applications and services for Hurwitz Group and held key positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies. I’m the co-author of Dummies books on cloud computing, hybrid cloud, and big data.  I received my BA from Colgate University and my Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.

The opinions expressed here are my own.