Collaborative Data

data flow

Crowdsourcing is an Internet-age phenomenon by which problems are distributed to “the crowd,” and those in the online community offer partial solutions. These partial solutions, when taken in aggregate, solve the overall problem. Today, crowdsourcing is contributing to scientific advances in health care.[read more]

business intelligence / shutterstock

Businesses now ask less sophisticated users to perform analysis and rely on software to help them. In response, Oracle recently announced a new release of its flagship Oracle BI Foundational Suite, as well as updates to Endeca, the discovery platform that Oracle bought in 2011.[read more]

cloud collaboration/shutterstock

These days, people are finding that the benefits of cloud computing extend beyond what people originally anticipated. Sure, it's cost-efficient and improves collaboration and productivity across the workplace, but its capabilities are so much more extensive than that.[read more]

photo credit

Data management is the engine that drives commerce, and more important now than ever before. Whether it is inventory or payroll, the data management leadership needs to focus on making employees and software cross-applicable within the entire scope of the business model.[read more]

image via shutterstock

Everyone wants to know what other parts of the world are doing with analytics. People always assume others are doing more exciting things with data. In reality, most organizations around the world that follow a similar business model are doing the same types of analytics for the same reasons.[read more]

Our firm has identified six key technologies that give organizations significant competitive advantages: big data, business analytics, business and social collaboration, cloud computing, mobile technology and social media. Our research agenda for 2013 is designed to help organizations assess and analyze these technologies and make the best possible decisions.[read more]

Source: Ventana Research

Most organizations see improving the effectiveness of sales as a way to increase productivity. Those organizations that take advantage of the latest sales applications and technology are finding themselves with a competitive advantage, but many organizations lack the time and resources to assess and deploy appropriate platforms. That’s a...[read more]

For the most part, the way dashboards – the status quo for visualizing analytical information – communicate and display information has remained largely unchanged, failing to adapt to the shifting user base for reporting and analytics. This of course, is a big problem.[read more]

What would happen if data, not politics or purely commercial development, drove the design of our cities and towns? Singapore is a marvel of efficiency, the result of a dedication to data-driven life design and urban planning. The (ART+DATA) Institute is examining how the philosophy of data-influenced design can be applied to the organization of living, with Singapore as the prime example.[read more]

shutterstock.com

Two enduring principles of forecasting are that simple methods can work as well as fancy methods, and that combining (averaging) forecasts, also known as "ensemble forecasting," will usually result in more accurate predictions than the individual methods being averaged.[read more]

What can a CEO learn from the most famous cello player of the modern age? A great deal indeed. More than any other modern performer, Yo Yo Ma has taken his mastery of an obscure musical instrument, and turned himself into an enduring enterprise and a analytical marketing machine.[read more]

rocks/shutterstock.com

When it comes to BI implementation, an often-overlooked objective is integrating only the most appropriate data. This requires cross-functional collaboration and cooperation. In this way, James Lovelock’s theory about the Greek goddess of Earth comes to life in the business organization.[read more]

Netflix is known for its personalized recommendations. By analyzing data on what you and other people have watched, they know what movie to recommend to you next. Customers are happy because they get suggestions for movies they like. Netflix is happy because you’re more likely to watch another movie, according to Mohammad Sabah, who spoke at the Hadoop Summit.[read more]

How can a company leverage data across multiple sources to gain valuable insight to deliver all the more value to customers and create a sustainable competitive advantage? Whether you are Amazon using big data to create more relevance for your Product Recommendation Engine to drive more sales, or a small start-up looking to create that next killer product, having a big data mindset is critical.[read more]

curate/shutterstock.com

Having a mix of new and curated content demonstrates thought leadership and expertise by providing useful industry news and original articles about your products and services in a way that’s helpful to customers.[read more]