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Some leaders may be missing out on the overall benefits of BI. Simply deciding to buy a software solution isn't enough – IT executives need to develop a confident and assured plan that will guide them through the adoption process and help them become leaders in their respective fields.[read more]

Big Data growth / shutterstock

Predictive analysts usually think of doing predictive modeling on structured data pulled from a database, probably flattened into a single modeling table by a query so that the data is loadable into a software tool. We then clean the data, create features, and away we go with predictive modeling.[read more]

Video from Festival of Media

The data generated by all sensors will change the way we live. Here's a video discussion with three leaders in the field of human technologies, artificial intelligence and data, about the possibilities of the quantified self. It was filmed during the Festival of Media in 2013.[read more]

Big Data risks

The recent revelations about the NSA’s secret program makes people aware of the world of big data and the thin line between the benefits and privacy concerns related to big data. The challenge is to get all the great benefits from big data, while finding a balance with the loss in privacy.[read more]

information governance / shutterstock

Information Governance, otherwise known as the collection of policies, structures and practices used to ensure the confidentiality, security and ethical use of information, is an on-going initiative for most organizations. Here's a list of the most important elements of an Information Governance (IG) program.[read more]

SAS mobile device deployments

SAS is focusing more on business solutions built with data visualization and discovery, big data, data management, cloud computing, marketing analytics (which appears to be the new branding for customer intelligence) and enterprise decision management.[read more]

Google Glass (Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com)

Will Google Glass be successful? Only time will tell. When the time comes for products like this to become mainstream, it won’t only revolutionize the consumer electronics industry, but the back-end data processing and handling industry as well.[read more]

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Not sure if your organization’s sensitive data is properly encrypted? It’s time to be sure. Chris Heuman, Practice Leader for RISC Management and Consulting, broke down the reasons why (and how) in the latest webinar hosted by Online Tech. Here's a brief summary of his presentation.[read more]

Big Data world / shutterstock

When working with familiar data and problems, your confidence in, and the validity of, the assumptions made are probably fairly sound. But if you're doing a new type of analysis or using a data source for the first time, your assumptions may be introducing risk into your decision-making.[read more]

Via Science

Big Math, to Via Science, is “the use of leading edge mathematics on very large supercomputing platforms to make better predictions, recommendations, and explanatory models of how the world works directly from data” and this is where they see themselves.[read more]

Big Data & video games

Bill Grosso presented a fascinating webinar about the video gaming industry yesterday: "Knowing How People Are Playing Your Game Gives You the Winning Hand." Here's the replay — don't miss the Q&A section at the end where Bill revealed some of his favorite R packages and books.[read more]

Dr. Kirk Borne, data scientist

Dr. Kirk Borne, a Multidisciplinary Data Scientist and Astrophysicist, gave a TEDx talk at George Mason University recently, about how big data will help us discover Novelties, Classes and Associations. The common ‘rule’ of the six degrees of separation is shrinking due to big data.[read more]

Big Data Analytics: what do your Likes reveal?

Big Data Analytics allow us to automatically analyze digital records such as our updates, photos and ‘Likes’ on Facebook. But did you know that your 'Likes' on Facebook could expose intimate details about you as well as personality traits you might not want to share with anyone?[read more]

BI: bigger is not always better / shutterstock

A myth that has haunted BI software for years is that bigger is always better. If firms find a solution they are comfortable with, it can become an integral part of their processes for a significant amount of time. Buying tons of software or going on an analyst hiring spree just depletes the corporate coffers.[read more]

Tip of the Big Data iceberg

We’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to “big data analytics.” We can now gather, correlate, and analyze information in ways that were unthinkable in the past. However, with great power comes great responsibility. Analytics is a very powerful weapon, and weapons can be abused.[read more]

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Competence in long-range planning is vital to the success of any business. Especially for corporations that now use spreadsheets to manage their long-range planning, I recommend they look at Planview Enterprise as an alternative to support a more effective long-range planning process.[read more]