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Fight Back Against Black Swan Fatigue

May 9, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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No one is ever judged a hero for saving the company from what never (or is never supposed to) happen. Business executives must fight back against Black Swan fatigue, because in today’s interconnected and highly correlated world, the next extreme event could be the one that shoves your company off a cliff. [read more]

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How They Fit Together: Bell Curves, Bayesian Inference and Black Swans

May 1, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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Probability is defined as the possibility, chance or odds of likelihood that a certain event or occurrence will take place now or in the future. How do Bell Curves, Bayesian Inference and Black Swans fit together in a probabilistic decision making framework? [read more]

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IBM DB2: Moving into the Era of Big Data

April 23, 2012 by Conor O'Mahony
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Conor O’Mahony is the program director for database software at IBM. He can be found blogging at http://www.database-diary.com. You can contact the author at conor@us.ibm.com. [read more]

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Location Intelligence and Mobile BI: Advancing Customer Relations in the Finance and Banking Sector

April 19, 2012 by Lachlan James
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A recent Bank Systems and Technology report says that many U.S. banks and other financial institutions could benefit from implementing a Business Intelligence (BI) solution. But what if you combined Mobile BI – the ability to receive reporting and analytics on-the-go via mobile devices – and Location Intelligence (LI) – the ability to combine location-based data and traditional metrics captured within a BI system to uncover otherwise hidden trends, patterns and relationships? What further benefits can be derived and achieved from the addition and combination of these specialist capabilities? [read more]

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Is Cloud Computing Hurtling Towards Disaster?

April 12, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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As public cloud environments inevitably experience technological advances, increased multi-tenancy, colossal system sizes, tight coupling of processes and components, and myriad IT personnel decisions (and errors) these systems will grow more risky to the point where system accidents will become commonplace. [read more]

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Location Intelligence and Mobile BI: Advancing the ‘where’ in mining and exploration

April 12, 2012 by Lachlan James
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You work for Big Mining Co in the mining and exploration industry. Mineral exploration requires and utilizes a diverse range of geographic data types and techniques. Mobile Business Intelligence – the ability to receive reporting and analytics on-the-go via mobile devices – and Location Intelligence – the ability to combine location-based data and traditional metrics captured within a BI system – empower you to uncover otherwise hidden trends, patterns and relationships; no matter where you, or your assets are located. [read more]

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Location Intelligence and Mobile BI: Advancing Data Analysis in the Healthcare Industry

April 4, 2012 by Lachlan James
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Many healthcare providers and administrative bodies have began using BI tools to unlock actionable information within their data sets and achieve higher standards of care, and better medical outcomes, in the face of tighter budgeting, increasing costs and tough regulatory environments. You’ve been considering a BI deployment, but are uncertain about the key metrics or functions that you should analyze and report on... [read more]

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Is Bigger, Better in the Cloud?

April 2, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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Risk management is a critical topic business and IT professionals must take into account in terms of cloud computing. And especially for mission critical data such as human resources, payroll, financial or even patient data, security and privacy of sensitive data is a paramount concern when considering cloud delivery models. But do the biggest cloud providers hold the most promise in terms of viability, security, and risk management? [read more]

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Using TIBCO Spotfire to Analyze Google Analytics Data

March 29, 2012 by gopykryshna
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To analyze data collected in Google Analytics one can use many tools. TIBCO Spotfire is good choice as it allows for several visualizations of the data in quick time. This post shows how some basic analysis can be done using Spotfire. [read more]

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Location Intelligence and Mobile BI: Advancing Data Analysis in Retail

March 28, 2012 by Lachlan James
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You’re an area manager for retail conglomerate CheapStuff. The northwestern sector of your region is underperforming. The situation demands your personal attention – and a visit. Luckily, you can take all the location-based information you need with you on your smartphone – your Business Intelligence (BI) solution has integrated Location Intelligence (LI) and mobile reporting capabilities. So, what can a BI platform, encompassing LI and mobile analytical capabilities, bring to a retail organization’s critical business processes and operations? [read more]

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From Complexity to Simplicity in the Cloud

March 21, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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The inner workings of cloud computing can be quite complex. That’s why the founders of Dropbox are on the right path—make cloud computing as simple as possible with easy to understand user-interfaces to mask “behind the scenes” infrastructure and connections. [read more]

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Are Public Clouds Complex Environments?

March 12, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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A recent analyst report suggests public clouds are prone to failure because they are inherently complex. However, just because there are multiple interacting objects in a particular environment, this doesn’t necessarily imply complexity. [read more]

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'Moneyball' Takes the Next Big Leap

February 29, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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Oakland A’s pitcher Kyle McCarthy gets the Moneyball “analytics” religion and takes his game to a whole new level. [read more]

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Unlocking the Potential of ‘Big Data' in the Market Research industry

February 27, 2012 by Orlaith Finnegan
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Companies who wish to unlock the potential of ‘big data’ are eyeing up opportunities in areas such as Market Research, where the insights that come from being able to analyze big data sets are delivering huge rewards. [read more]

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Of Baby Black Swans and the Race to Zero

February 15, 2012 by Paul Barsch
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As technology proliferates and advances thus speeding processes, it appears humans are increasingly removed from decision making. Thus ensuring a little slack in the system may not be enough to protect from system meltdown. [read more]

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Audio Archive: The Cutting Edge of Big Data Monetization

February 14, 2012 by Cliff Figallo
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The Cutting Edge of Big Data Monetization   Sponsored by ... Big Data carries many definitions, but most agree that it refers to the increased amount of data available to businesses through unstructured channels like social media. Businesses are challenged in their attempts to productively analyze this data, but most are... [read more]