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The ‘Big Data’ Buzz – Revolution or Evolution?

January 25, 2012 by Bernard Marr
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In this post, Bernard Marr discusses whether the emergence of big data analytics means a revolution or more an evolution of the way we collect, analyse and use data to inform management decision-making. [read more]

Handling The Big Data Faucet

December 2, 2011 by Bob Zurek
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"With all these challenges, comes great new innovation for the future of business intelligence and data management. Today, our industry is going thru a very large inflection point and change and with this change comes huge opportunities to innovate." [read more]

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Take the Predictive Analytics in the Cloud survey

September 20, 2011 by James Taylor
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"Decision Management Solutions, the company of which I am CEO, is running a study on Predictive Analytics in the Cloud with the folks here at SmartData Collective. Both Predictive Analytics and Cloud are hot topics and the intersection has tremendous potential....To find out what you think we have opened a survey and you can take it right now here on SmartData Collective..." [read more]

The analyst function is dead

September 9, 2011 by Michael Ensley
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"The role of the operational analyst has moved from the business into both Finance and into IT. The Finance team typically focuses only upon the financial outcomes of the business and has left the operational side of the business to the IT team." [read more]

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Predictive Analytics in the Cloud Research on SmartData Collective

August 31, 2011 by James Taylor
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"SmartData Collective and Decision Management Solutions are partnering to bring some exciting new research to the SmartData Collective community. A week ago we announced a multi-stage, multi-client project to study Predictive Analytics in the Cloud." [read more]

Building an Analytical Portal to Support Analytical Culture

June 22, 2011 by Eric Burns
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The first step in adopting predictive analytics is to start building an analytical culture. In an analytical culture, people Know the Numbers, Examine the Numbers, Use the Numbers. [read more]

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Data Tracking for Asthma Sufferers?

May 10, 2011 by Paul Barsch
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By capturing data on inhaler usage, a Wisconsin doctor proposes that asthma sufferers can learn more about what triggers an attack and the medical community can learn more about this chronic condition. However, the use of such a device has privacy implications that need serious consideration. [read more]

Use of Analytics in Business Verticals

April 25, 2011 by Sandeep Raut
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Today businesses are more worried about survival than profitability. The very purpose of any business to exist is to be profitable & sustain it. This can happen only when there are good loyal & profitable Customers attached to the business. Hence Customer analytics has become very prime importance in the current time and it is valid across all the business segments. [read more]

Why Business Analytics is Important for Business -- Now!

April 17, 2011 by Sandeep Raut
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As the global political & physical barriers are collapsing, all the global markets are getting opened for businesses, creating a fierce  competition within companies to market their products, increase their revenues, grab most of the customers. Organization are not just worried about the profitability but also survival in... [read more]

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Getting Smarter About Water?

April 13, 2011 by Paul Barsch
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There are 326 million trillion gallons of water on the earth, however 98% of that water is undrinkable because it’s too salty. Considering that our planet’s population expected to reach eight billion by 2027, companies are starting to realize that water matters. And of course, what matters should be measured—with analytics! [read more]

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Forecasting Lessons from Heathrow’s Snowpocalypse

April 4, 2011 by Paul Barsch
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As evidenced by lessons learned from the Heathrow Winter Resilience Inquiry, when it comes to accurately forecasting future events, it’s possible to get the forecast mostly correct yet not properly prepare or respond to forecast results. [read more]

Why is IT Planning Stupid to Do?

April 1, 2011 by Gary Cokins
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Any possible roadmap in locating functions of operational local systems is doomed to failure. That is, anyone in the software industry who believes that a reliable and effective information technology (IT) plan and roadmap is possible – even useful – is just plain cuckoo. With so many frequent innovations, IT is simply too unpredictable... [read more]

A Poorly Managed Company’s Tour Guide

February 8, 2011 by Gary Cokins
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Publicly traded companies issue annual reports that increasingly look like magazines. Almost all organizations publish a brochure with glossy pictures that describe what their organizations do. In either case they are very traditional, and many look the same. What is needed is a new idea – a better way to communicate their branding and... [read more]

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We’re Not Artists: The Craft of Influencing Decision Makers

February 7, 2011 by Meta S. Brown
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It’s frustrating. You put weeks into careful research and analysis, rehearse a big presentation, and the manager spends the whole time looking at his Blackberry. What does it take to impress business people? [read more]

Job Satisfaction and Analytics-based Performance Management.

January 20, 2011 by Gary Cokins
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Can analytics-based performance management methods lead to more fulfilling work experiences that last for a longer time? I think so, especially when management is willing to be an advocate for implementing and integrating these methodologies. These methodologies provide invaluable opportunities for the challenging, thought-provoking tasks and projects that workers seek. [read more]

Solving Mysteries with Location Intelligence

December 22, 2010 by Brett Stupakevich
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In 1854, an outbreak of Cholera in London killed 127 people in just three days. A week later, it had killed 500 people. At that time, the common belief was that Cholera was caused by breathing “bad air,” but Dr. John Snow believed otherwise. Dr. Snow, now considered the father of Epidemiology, interviewed affected families in an attempt... [read more]